Geologic evolution of the Himalayan-Tibetan orogen

A Yin, TM Harrison - Annual review of earth and planetary …, 2000 - annualreviews.org
A review of the geologic history of the Himalayan-Tibetan orogen suggests that at least 1400
km of north-south shortening has been absorbed by the orogen since the onset of the Indo …

Oblique stepwise rise and growth of the Tibet Plateau

P Tapponnier, X Zhiqin, F Roger, B Meyer, N Arnaud… - science, 2001 - science.org
Two end member models of how the high elevations in Tibet formed are (i) continuous
thickening and widespread viscous flow of the crust and mantle of the entire plateau and (ii) …

[PDF][PDF] 喜马拉雅-青藏高原造山带地质演化

尹安 - ACTA GEOSCIENTIA SINICA, 2001 - ess.ucla.edu
摘要喜马拉雅2 青藏高原造山带的地质历史显示出, 自从约70Ma 印度板块2
亚洲板块开始碰撞以来, 至少有1 360 km 的SN 向缩短量被喜马拉雅2 青藏高原造山带所吸收 …

Lithospheric architecture of the Lhasa terrane and its control on ore deposits in the Himalayan-Tibetan orogen

Z Hou, L Duan, Y Lu, Y Zheng, D Zhu… - Economic …, 2015 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Magmatic-hydrothermal ore deposits in collisional orogens are new targets for modern
mineral exploration, yet it is unclear why they preferentially occur in some specific tectonic …

Tibetan tectonic evolution inferred from spatial and temporal variations in post-collisional magmatism

SL Chung, MF Chu, Y Zhang, Y Xie, CH Lo, TY Lee… - Earth-Science …, 2005 - Elsevier
Cenozoic magmatism on the Tibetan plateau shows systematic variations in space and time
that must be considered in models concerning Tibetan tectonic evolution. After the India …

Partially molten middle crust beneath southern Tibet: Synthesis of project INDEPTH results

KD Nelson, W Zhao, LD Brown, J Kuo, J Che, X Liu… - science, 1996 - science.org
INDEPTH geophysical and geological observations imply that a partially molten midcrustal
layer exists beneath southern Tibet. This partially molten layer has been produced by crustal …

Subduction of the Indian lithosphere beneath the Tibetan Plateau and Burma

C Li, RD Van der Hilst, AS Meltzer… - Earth and Planetary …, 2008 - Elsevier
Subduction of the Indian lithosphere under Eurasia plays an important role in the tectonic
evolution of the Tibetan plateau and surrounding regions. To improve our knowledge of …

Implications of crustal property variations for models of Tibetan plateau evolution

TJ Owens, G Zandt - Nature, 1997 - nature.com
Shear-coupled teleseismic P waves sampling the interior of the Tibetan plateau provide
evidence of systematic variations in crustal structure. The crust thins by up to 20 km from …

[HTML][HTML] Lithospheric foundering and underthrusting imaged beneath Tibet

M Chen, F Niu, J Tromp, A Lenardic, CTA Lee… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Long-standing debates exist over the timing and mechanism of uplift of the Tibetan Plateau
and, more specifically, over the connection between lithospheric evolution and surface …

Eurasian surface wave tomography: Group velocities

MH Ritzwoller, AL Levshin - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
This paper presents the results of a study of the dispersion characteristics of broadband
fundamental surface waves propagating across Eurasia. The study is broader band …