Isotopic and structural constraints on the late Miocene to Pliocene evolution of the Namche Barwa area, eastern Himalayan syntaxis, SE Tibet

Gondwana Research

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 894-909

  Liu, Yan ^a   Siebel, Wolfgang ^b   Theye, Thomas ^c   Massonne, Hans Joachim ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Geochronology; Greater Himalayan Sequence; Namche Barwa area; Southeastern Tibet; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MIOCENE; MONAZITE; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; NORMAL FAULT; PLIOCENE; SHRIMP DATING; SUTURE ZONE; THRUST FAULT; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

CHINA; HIMALAYAS; NAMJAGBARWA FENG; XIZANG;

EID: 79954634319     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2010.11.005     Document Type: Article

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