Crustal thickening in Gansu-Qinghai, lithospheric mantle subduction, and oblique, strike-slip controlled growth of the Tibet plateau

Meyer, Bertrand; Tapponnier, P.; Bourjot, Laurence; Métivier, François; Gaudemer, Y.; Peltzer, G.; Shunmin, Guo; Chen, Zhitai

doi:10.1046/j.1365-246x.1998.00567.x

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Crustal thickening in Gansu-Qinghai, lithospheric mantle subduction, and oblique, strike-slip controlled growth of the Tibet plateau

Published in Geophysical Journal International • Oct 1, 1998

Authors:

Bertrand Meyer

P. Tapponnier

Laurence Bourjot

Abstract

Fieldwork complemented by SPOT image analysis throws light on current crustal shortening processes in the ranges of northeastern Tibet (Gansu and Qinghai provinces, China). The ongoing deformation of Late-Pleistocene bajada aprons in the forelands of the ranges involves folding, at various scales, a...

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Geology

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Seismology

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