Structural evolution of the Gurla Mandhata detachment system, southwest Tibet: Implications for the eastward extent of the Karakoram fault system

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 428-447

  Murphy, M A ^a   Yin, An ^a   Kapp, P ^a   Harrison, T M ^a   Manning, C E ^a   Ryerson, F J ^a   Lin, Ding ^a   Jinghui, Guo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Himalayas; Kinematics; Metamorphic core complex; Strike slip faults; Tibetan plateau

Indexed keywords

FAULTS SYSTEM;

BAROMETERS; CORRELATION METHODS; GRANITE; KINEMATICS; MAPPING; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; TECTONICS;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

DETACHMENT FAULT; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; KINEMATICS; METAMORPHISM; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

CHINA;

EID: 84879888408     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(2002)114<0428:SEOTGM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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