Successive deformation episodes along the Lungmu Co zone, west-central Tibet

Gondwana Research

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 37-52

  Leloup, P H ^a   Arnaud, N O ^b   Maheo G ^a   Paquette, J L ^c   Guillot, S ^d   Valli, F ^e   Li, H ^e,f   Xu, Z ^f   Lacassin, R ^e   Tapponnier, P ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^c Universite Blaise Pascal   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^f INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Suture zone; Tectonics; Thermochronology; Tibet

Indexed keywords

EID: 82955211413     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2011.07.026     Document Type: Article

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