Field report: Research along the Yarlung Suture Zone in Southern Tibet, a persistent geological frontier

Field report: Research along the Yarlung Suture Zone in Southern Tibet, a persistent geological frontier

The Yarlung Suture Zone in Southern Tibet marks the boundary between India and Asia–formerly separated by an ocean basin–and is a critical record of the tectonic processes that created the Tibetan Plateau. The Yarlung Suture Zone is also a frontier research area, as difficulty of access has limited...

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Main Author: Andrew K. Laskowski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-03-01
Series:Geoscience Frontiers
Subjects:
Tibetan Plateau
Himalaya
Field work
Structural geology
Suture zone
HP metamorphism
UHP metamorphism
History of geology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674987117301962

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