Constraints on cenozoic tectonics in the southwestern longmen shan from low-temperature thermochronology

Lithosphere

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 393-406

  Cook, K L ^a,e   Royden, L H ^b   Burchfiel, B C ^b   Lee, Y H ^c   Tan, X ^d  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^e GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; EARTHQUAKES; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; RADIATION DAMAGE; SILICATE MINERALS; TEMPERATURE; ZIRCON;

2008 WENCHUAN EARTHQUAKES; CENOZOIC COOLING; CENOZOIC TECTONICS; LOW TEMPERATURES; TECTONIC HISTORY; THERMOCHRONOLOGY; TIBETAN PLATEAU; ZIRCON (U-TH)/HE;

FAULTING;

APATITE; CENOZOIC; COOLING; CRYSTALLINE ROCK; EXHUMATION; FISSION TRACK DATING; LOW TEMPERATURE; PRECAMBRIAN; RADIATION DAMAGE; SEISMIC HAZARD; TECTONICS; THERMOCHRONOLOGY; ZIRCON;

CHINA; LONGMEN MOUNTAINS;

EID: 84881516499     PISSN: 19418264     EISSN: 19474253     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/L263.1     Document Type: Article

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