The growth of northeastern Tibet and its relevance to large-scale continental geodynamics: A review of recent studies

Tectonics

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1358-1370

  Yuan, Dao Yang ^a   Ge, Wei Peng ^a   Chen, Zhen Wei ^b   Li, Chuan You ^b   Wang, Zhi Cai ^b   Zhang, Hui Ping ^b   Zhang, Pei Zhen ^b   Zheng, De Wen ^b   Zheng, Wen Jun ^b   Craddock, William H ^c,d   Dayem, Katherine E ^e   Duvall, Alison R ^f,g   Hough, Brian G ^h   Lease, Richard O ^d,i   Champagnac, Jean Daniel ^j   Burbank, Douglas W ⁱ   Clark, Marin K ^f   Farley, Kenneth A ^k   Garzione, Carmala N ^h   Kirby, Eric ^c,l   Molnar, Peter ^l   Roe, Gerard H ^g   more..

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e Ecova Colorado   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^k CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^l OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

continents; geodynamics; Tibet

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTS; CRUSTAL MATERIALS; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; CRUSTAL THICKENINGS; GRAVITATIONAL POTENTIAL ENERGY; LATERAL VARIATIONS; MANTLE LITHOSPHERE; TIBET;

DEFORMATION;

GEODYNAMICS;

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; CRUSTAL THICKENING; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; GEODYNAMICS; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; POTENTIAL ENERGY;

CHINA; QAIDAM BASIN; QINGHAI; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; TARIM BASIN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 84884868604     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: 19449194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tect.20081     Document Type: Article

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