Thermochronologic evidence for plateau formation in central Tibet: By 45 Ma

Geology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 187-190

  Rohrmann, Alexander ^a   Kapp, Paul ^a   Carrapa, Barbara ^a   Reiners, Peter W ^a   Guynn, Jerome ^b   Ding, Lin ^c   Heizler, Matthew ^d  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL TIBETAN PLATEAU; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; CRUSTAL THICKENINGS; EVALUATING MODELS; EXHUMATION RATES; K-FELDSPAR; LARGE REGIONS; LATE CRETACEOUS; QIANGTANG TERRANE; SURFACE ELEVATIONS; THERMAL MODELING; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

APATITE; DEFORMATION; LITHOLOGY; MICA;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; COOLING; CRETACEOUS; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; CRUSTAL THICKENING; DEFORMATION; ELEVATION; EOCENE; EXHUMATION; PLATEAU; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

CHINA; LHASA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; XIZANG;

EID: 84858130849     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G32530.1     Document Type: Article

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