Rock mechanics constraints on mid-crustal low-viscosity flow beneath Tibet

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 360, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 329-336

  Rutter, E H ^a   Mecklenburgh, J ^a   Brodie, K H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; MODELING; RHEOLOGY; ROCK MECHANICS; UPPER CRUST; VISCOSITY;

CHINA; XIZANG;

EID: 84055191112     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP360.19     Document Type: Article

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