Thermochronologic constraints on the late Cenozoic exhumation history of the Gurla Mandhata metamorphic core complex, Southwestern Tibet

AT McCallister, MH Taylor, MA Murphy, RH Styron… - …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
How the Tibetan plateau is geodynamically linked to the Himalayas is a topic receiving
considerable attention. The Karakoram fault plays key roles in describing the structural …

Fault weakening across the frictional‐viscous transition zone, Karakoram fault zone, NW Himalaya

D Wallis, RJ Phillips, GE Lloyd - Tectonics, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Exhumed fault rocks formed in the frictional‐viscous transition zone (FVTZ) provide test
material that can be used to assess the strength of natural fault zones. In the Karakoram …

[HTML][HTML] Evolution of the Eastern Karakoram Metamorphic Complex, Ladakh, NW India, and its relationship to magmatism and regional tectonics

D Wallis, RJ Phillips, GE Lloyd - Tectonophysics, 2014 - Elsevier
The eastern Karakoram terrane, NW India, records crustal evolution in the core of the
Himalayan–Tibetan orogen. Recent debate has centred on whether prograde …

Quaternary rupture behavior of the Karakoram Fault and its relation to the dynamics of the continental lithosphere, NW Himalaya–western Tibet

N Houlié, RJ Phillips - Tectonophysics, 2013 - Elsevier
The Karakoram Fault is a major strike-slip system that partitions strain between the
compressional regime of the NW Himalaya and the translational and extensional fault …

Karakoram fault activity defined by temporal constraints on the Ayi Shan detachment, SW Tibet

S Wang, Y Mo, RJ Phillips, C Wang - International Geology Review, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
The role of the Karakoram fault (KKF) in evolution of the Tibetan–Himalayan orogenic belt is
controversial. Some consider the KKF to be a stable, long-lived feature with several hundred …

The chronological characteristics of the Gangdese granite in the Ali area and its tectonic significance

M Yasi, W Shifeng, W Chao - Chinese Journal of Geology, 2014 - dzkx.org
The Gangdese granite belt is a 2 500 km long, 100~ 300 km wide volcanic belt almost EW
striking along the north side of the Yalu-Zangpo suture in South Tibet. The granite around …

[PDF][PDF] 西藏阿里地区冈底斯花岗岩体的热年代学特征及其构造意义

莫亚思, 王世锋, 王超 - 地质科学, 2014 - igm.cgs.gov.cn
摘要冈底斯花岗岩带是一条沿雅鲁藏布江北侧近东西向展布的, 长约2500km, 宽100~ 300km
的巨型岩浆岩带. 在阿里冈底斯山主峰岗仁波吉峰附近, 冈底斯花岗岩体受到多期断裂活动的 …

[图书][B] Micro-geodynamics of the Karakoram Fault Zone, Ladakh, NW Himalaya

D Wallis - 2014 - etheses.whiterose.ac.uk
Microgeodynamics relates grain-scale deformation microstructures to macroscopic tectonic
processes. Here the microgeodynamic approach combines optical and electron microscopy …