ROLE OF LITHOSPHERIC STRENGTH HETEROGENEITIES IN THE TECTONICS OF TIBET AND NEIGHBORING REGIONS
Unlike rigid oceanic plates, continents show diffuse deformation, for example the Tibetan plateau that has accommodated much of the convergence of India with Asia. We interpret the Tertiary deformation of Asia as the three-dimensional strain of a non-linear, viscous continental lithosphere. Lateral...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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1985
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