The origin and pre-Cenozoic evolution of the Tibetan Plateau

Gondwana Research

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1429-1454

  Zhu, Di Cheng ^a   Zhao, Zhi Dan ^a   Niu, Yaoling ^b,c   Dilek, Yildirim ^a,d   Hou, Zeng Qian ^e   Mo, Xuan Xue ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Basement; Detrital zircon; Lhasa; Pre Cenozoic tectonic evolution; Qiangtang; Sedimentary cover; Tethyan Himalaya; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT ROCK; CENOZOIC; COLLISION ZONE; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; GRANITOID; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PLATE CONVERGENCE; PLATE TECTONICS; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TETHYS;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84875256476     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2012.02.002     Document Type: Article

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