Open AccessNew Insights into Continental Deformation in Northwestern Tibet
Author(s) -
Terri Cook
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2018eo098355
Subject(s) - geology , deformation (meteorology) , paleontology , geography , earth science , oceanography
A new surface velocity map shows strain localized along major strike-slip features, suggesting the central Tibetan Plateau is not deforming as a fluid in response to gravitational collapse.