Basin Response to Active Extension and Strike-Slip Deformation in the Hinterland of the Tibetan Plateau

Tectonics of Sedimentary Basins: Recent Advances

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 445-460

  Taylor, Michael H ^a   Kapp, Paul A ^b   Horton, Brian K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b The University of Arizona   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Extension; Fold thrust belts; Himalayas; Hinterland; Plateau; Strike slip faults; Tibet

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875099021     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444347166.ch22     Document Type: Chapter

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