On the geodynamic mechanism of episodic uplift of the tibetan plateau during the cenozoic era

Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition)

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 699-716

  Wang, Guocan ^a   Cao, Kai ^a   Wang, An ^a   Shen, Tianyi ^a   Zhang, Kexin ^a   Wang, Liquan ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

Cenozoic; Episodic uplift; Geodynamic mechanism; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; DEFORMATION; EPISODIC EVENT; FOLDING; GEODYNAMICS; MAGMATISM; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; THRUST; UPLIFT;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84906236035     PISSN: 10009515     EISSN: 17556724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1755-6724.12223     Document Type: Review

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