A review and prospect of geological researches on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Geology in China

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 841-853

  Mo, Xuan Xue ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Collision; Qinghai Tibet plateau; Review and prospect; Studies of geoscience; Tethys; Uplift

Indexed keywords

ASTHENOSPHERE; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; FORMATION MECHANISM; GEODYNAMICS; MANTLE PLUME; PLATEAU; RESEARCH WORK; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TETHYS; UPLIFT;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 78649790072     PISSN: 10003657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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