Displacement along the Karakoram fault, NW Himalaya, estimated from LA-ICP-MS U-Pb dating of offset geologic markers

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 337-338, Issue , 2012, Pages 156-163

  Wang, Shifeng ^a   Wang, Chao ^a,b   Phillips, Richard J ^c   Murphy, Michael A ^d   Fang, Xiaomin ^a   Yue, Yahui ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Ayilari granite; Fault offset; Karakoram fault; Kunsha granite; U Pb dating; Yarlung Zangbo suture

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL INFORMATION; DISTRIBUTED DEFORMATION; EURASIA; FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULT INITIATION; FAULT OFFSET; FAULT SYSTEM; HIMALAYAS; IGNEOUS BODIES; KARAKORAM FAULT; KEY PARAMETERS; LA-ICP-MS; LATERAL EXTRUSION; QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT; SLIP RATES; STRATIGRAPHIC SEQUENCES; TIBETAN CRUST; U-PB DATING; U-PB ZIRCON AGES; YARLUNG-ZANGBO SUTURE; ZIRCON U-PB AGE;

DEFORMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LEAD; METAMORPHIC ROCKS;

GRANITE;

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; DISPLACEMENT; FAULT SLIP; GRANITE; SLIP RATE; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; SUTURE ZONE; TERTIARY; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

HIMALAYAS; INDUS-YARLUNG SUTURE ZONE; KARAKORAM FAULT ZONE;

EID: 84862704645     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.05.037     Document Type: Article

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