Crustal-lithospheric structure and continental extrusion of Tibet

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 633-672

  Searle, M P ^a   Elliott, J R ^a   Phillips, R J ^b   Chung, S L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTYN TAGH FAULT; CRUSTAL FLOW; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; DUCTILE SHEAR ZONE; GEOLOGICAL HISTORY; LATE MIOCENE; LHASA BLOCK; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE LITHOSPHERE; MIOCENE TIME; MYLONITES; PLEISTOCENE; QIANGTANG; SLIP RATES; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC PROCESS; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

EXTRUSION; GEODETIC SATELLITES; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; TECTONICS;

VOLCANIC ROCKS;

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EXTRUSION; GPS; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; MIOCENE; PLEISTOCENE; SHEAR ZONE; SLIP RATE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; VOLCANIC ROCK;

ALTYN TAGH FAULT ZONE; CHINA; KARAKORAM FAULT ZONE; LHASA; XIZANG;

EID: 79955724901     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492010-139     Document Type: Review

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