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Reconciling lithospheric deformation and lower crustal flow beneath central Tibet

¹ Department of Geosciences, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana 59812-1296, USA
² Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University, 550 Stadium Mall Drive, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-2051, USA

A viscous region with deformable boundaries is used to model simultaneous crustal flow and lithospheric coupling in northern Tibet. This model suggests that (1) the deformation of northern Tibet is different from that of southern Tibet because of structural differences between the regions; (2) the viscosity contrast between the crust and the mantle lithosphere is relatively small beneath northern Tibet; and (3) crustal flow is compatible with crust-mantle coupling under these conditions.

Key Words: continental dynamics • crustal flow • mantle anisotropy • Tibet

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