Large normal-sense displacement on the South Tibetan fault system in the eastern Himalaya

Geology

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 971-974

  Cooper, F J ^a   Adams, B A ^a   Edwards, C S ^a   Hodges, K V ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASAL STRUCTURE; CROSS STRUCTURES; EASTERN EDGE; FAULT SYSTEM; GLACIAL EROSION; HIMALAYAS; KINEMATIC INDICATORS; LARGE DISPLACEMENTS; MAIN CENTRAL THRUSTS; REMOTE SENSING DATA; TIBETANS; WESTERN BOUNDARY;

REMOTE SENSING;

TECTONICS;

DETACHMENT FAULT; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; GEOTHERMOMETRY; HANGING WALL; NORMAL FAULT; OROGENY; PETROLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; SLIP; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THRUST;

BHUTAN; CHINA; HIMALAYAS; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84867567449     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G33318.1     Document Type: Article

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