Neotectonics of the Min Shan, China: Implications for mechanisms driving Quaternary deformation along the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 375-393

  Kirby, E ^a   Whipple, K X ^a   Burchfiel, B C ^a   Tang, W ^a   Berger, G ^a   Sun, Z ^a   Chen, Z ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flexure; Lower crust; Mountain building; Neotectonics; Sichuan Basin; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

FAULTING; LANDFORMS; UNLOADING;

FLEXURE; LOWER CRUST; MOUNTAIN BUILDING; NEOTECTONICS; SICHUAN BASIN; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

DEFORMATION;

DEFORMATION; HIMALAYAN OROGENY; NEOTECTONICS; OROGENY; QUATERNARY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

CHINA; MIN SHAN; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

EID: 84879884092     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(2000)112<375:NOTMSC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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