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Differential growth of the northern Tibetan margin: evidence for oblique stepwise rise of the Tibetan Plateau

Models of how high elevations formed across Tibet predict: (a) the continuous thickening of a “viscous sheet”; (b) time-dependent, oblique stepwise growth; and (c) synchronous deformation across Tibet that accompanied collision. Our new observations may shed light on this issue. Here, we use (40)Ar/...

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Autores principales: Wang, Fei, Shi, Wenbei, Zhang, Weibin, Wu, Lin, Yang, Liekun, Wang, Yinzhi, Zhu, Rixiang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5259709/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28117351
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep41164