Exhumation history and faulting activity of the southern segment of the Longmen Shan, eastern Tibet

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 81, Issue , 2014, Pages 91-104

  Tan, Xi Bin ^a   Lee, Yuan Hsi ^b   Chen, Wen Yu ^b   Cook, Kristen L ^c,d   Xu, Xi Wei ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Eastern Tibet; Exhumation history; Fission track; Longmen Shan; Low temperature thermochronology

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; COLLISION ZONE; EXHUMATION; FAULTING; FISSION TRACK DATING; LOW TEMPERATURE; PLATE TECTONICS; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

CHINA; LONGMEN MOUNTAINS; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; SICHUAN BASIN;

EID: 84891313579     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2013.12.002     Document Type: Article

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