Forearc hyperextension by detachment faulting and ophiolite dismemberment: examples from the Yarlung Tsangpo Suture Zone (Southern Tibet)

Marco Maffione1, Douwe J J Van Hinsbergen2, Wentao Huang1, Louise Koornneef3, Carl Guilmette4, Nathaniel Borneman5, Kip V Hodges6, Paul A Kapp7 and Lin Ding8, (1)Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands, (2)University of Utrecht, Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht, Netherlands, (3)University of Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, (4)University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada, (5)Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States, (6)Arizona State University, School of Earth and Space Exploration, Tempe, United States, (7)University of Arizona, Geosciences, Tucson, United States, (8)State Key Laboratory of Tibetan Plateau Earth System, Resources and Environment, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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