How does crustal shortening contribute to the uplift of the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau?

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 98, Issue , 2015, Pages 18-25

  Liu, Chang ^a,b,c   Zhu, Bojing ^d   Yang, Xiaolin ^e  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e Earthquake Administration of Shaanxi Province   (China)

Author keywords

Crustal shortening; Eastern tibetan plateau; Longmen shan; Steep plateau margin; Viscosity contrast

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL SHORTENING; FORMATION MECHANISM; KINEMATICS; LOWER CRUST; TOPOGRAPHY; UPLIFT; VISCOSITY;

CHINA; LONGMEN MOUNTAINS; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; YANGTZE PLATFORM;

EID: 84911878348     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2014.10.037     Document Type: Article

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