Basin formation in the High Himalaya by arc-parallel extension and tectonic damming: Zhada basin, southwestern Tibet

Tectonics

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Saylor, Joel ^a,b   DeCelles, Peter ^a   Gehrels, George ^a   Murphy, Michael ^c   Zhang, Ran ^c   Kapp, Paul ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD; SILICATE MINERALS; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONICS;

ANGULAR UNCONFORMITY; BASIN FORMATION; BRAIDED RIVER; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DETACHMENT FAULT; DETRITAL ZIRCON; FOLD-THRUST BELTS; HIMALAYAS; LATE MIOCENE; PALEOCURRENTS; PLEISTOCENE; THRUST BELTS;

CATCHMENTS;

BASIN EVOLUTION; DETACHMENT FAULT; DISPLACEMENT; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THRUST FAULT;

CHINA; HIMALAYAS; XIZANG; ZHADA BASIN;

EID: 77958099690     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008TC002390     Document Type: Article

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