Topographic ooze: Building the eastern margin of Tibet by lower crustal flow

Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 703-706

  Clark, M K ^a   Royden, L H ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lower crustal flow; Regional tectonics; Tibet; Topography; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; TOPOGRAPHY; VISCOSITY;

CRUSTAL MATERIALS; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; CRUSTAL THICKENINGS; LOWER CRUSTAL FLOWS; REGIONAL TECTONICS; SCALE MORPHOLOGY; TIBET; TOPOGRAPHIC GRADIENTS;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; GEODYNAMICS; OROGENY; PLATE TECTONICS; TOPOGRAPHY;

CHINA; TIBET;

EID: 84879883486     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2000)28<703:TOBTEM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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