Interference of lithospheric folding in western Central Asia by simultaneous Indian and Arabian plate indentation

Tectonophysics

Volumn 602, Issue , 2013, Pages 176-193

  Smit, J H W ^a   Cloetingh, S A P L ^b   Burov, E ^a   Tesauro, M ^c   Sokoutis, D ^b   Kaban, M ^c  

^a Sorbonne Universités   (France)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arabia Eurasia collision; Indentation; India Eurasia collision; Lithosphere folding

Indexed keywords

ARABIA-EURASIA COLLISION; CONTINENTAL COLLISIONS; CONVERGENCE VELOCITY; FOLDING PATTERNS; INDIA-EURASIA COLLISION; LITHOSPHERE FOLDING; SPATIAL ORIENTATIONS; THERMO-MECHANICAL;

GEOPHYSICS; INDENTATION; PHYSICS;

TECTONICS;

ARABIAN PLATE; COLLISION ZONE; DEFORMATION; FOLDING; INDIAN PLATE; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; NEOGENE; PLATE TECTONICS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TECTONIC STRUCTURE;

CENTRAL ASIA;

EID: 84881088139     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2012.10.032     Document Type: Article

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