A thermochronological perspective on the morphotectonic evolution of the southeastern Tibetan Plateau

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 676-698

  Tian, Yuntao ^a,b   Kohn, Barry P ^a   Gleadow, Andrew J W ^a   Hu, Shengbiao ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

continental tectonics; landscape evolution; thermochronology; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; EXHUMATION; FISSION TRACK DATING; JURASSIC; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; MIOCENE; MORPHOGENESIS; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84896743841     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JB010429     Document Type: Article

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