Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • News & Views
  • Published:

The geological exploration of Tibet

Nature volume 294, pages 403–404 (1981)Cite this article

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Access options

Buy this article

  • Purchase on Springer Link
  • Instant access to full article PDF
Buy now

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

References

  1. Argand, E. Proc. 13th int. Geol. Cong. 1, part 5, 171–372 (1924).

    Google Scholar 

  2. Sengör, A.M.C. EOS 62, 601–603 (1981).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  3. Reiter, E. & Reiter, G.J. Bull. Am. met. Soc. 62, 4–13 (1981).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  4. Bally, A.W. et al. U.S. geol. Surv. Open-File Rep. 80-501, 71 (1980).

    Google Scholar 

  5. Fox, P.J., Detrick, R.S. & Purdy, G.M. in Ophiolites, Proc. int. Ophiolites Symp. Cyprus 1979, 161 (Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Geological Survey Department, Nicosia, 1980).

    Google Scholar 

  6. De Long, S.E., Dewey, J.F. & Fox, P.J. J. geol. Soc. Lond. 136, 303 (1979).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  7. Molnar, P. & Tapponnier, P. Science 189, 419 (1975).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  8. Molnar, P. & Tappoinnier, P. J. geophys. Res. 83, 5361 (1978).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  9. Chen Zhi-ming in Proc. Symp. on Qinghai-Xizang (Tibet) Plateau (Abstr.) 260 (Beijing, 1980).

  10. Dewey, J.F. & Burke, K. J. Geol. 81, 683 (1973).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  11. Sengör, A.M.C. & Kidd, W.S.F. Tectonophysics 55, 361 (1979).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  12. Geological Institute of Qinghai-Xizang Plateau Geological Map of Qinghai-Xizang, scale 1:1,500,000 (Chengdu, 1980).

  13. Das, S. & Filson, J.R. Earth planet. Sci. Lett. 28, 241 (1975).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Geology Department of the Technical University of Istanbul and would like to thank Esen Arpat for his help in the preparation of this account,

    A.M. Celâl Sengör

Authors
  1. A.M. Celâl Sengör
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Sengör, A. The geological exploration of Tibet. Nature 294, 403–404 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1038/294403a0

Download citation

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/294403a0

This article is cited by

Search

Advanced search

Quick links

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing