2005Geological Society of America BulletinRequires access

Cretaceous-Tertiary shortening, basin development, and volcanism in central Tibet

Paul Kapp, An Yin, T. Mark Harrison, Lin Ding

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The geologic map pattern of the Qiangtang terrane in central Tibet defines a >600-km-long and up to 270-km-wide east-plunging structural culmination. It is characterized by early Mesozoic blueschist-bearing mélange and upper Paleozoic strata in the core

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The geologic map pattern of the Qiangtang terrane in central Tibet defines a >600-km-long and up to 270-km-wide east-plunging structural culmination. It is characterized by early Mesozoic blueschist-bearing mélange and upper Paleozoic strata in the core

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The geologic map pattern of the Qiangtang terrane in central Tibet defines a >600-km-long and up to 270-km-wide east-plunging structural culmination. It is characterized by early Mesozoic blueschist-bearing mélange and upper Paleozoic strata in the core

Key concepts: Geology, Beijing, China, Library science, Chinese academy of sciences, Geological survey, Cretaceous, Geophysics

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