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The Lunpola basin, in the middle of the Tibetan plateau, contains about 4 km of non-marine sediments deposited since early Cenozoic times. This remarkable structure, localized in the Bangong-Nujiang suture zone has much to teach us about how the plateau has developed. In this short note we emphasize the strong evidence of young compression in the basin.
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Burke, K., Lucas, L. (1989). Thrusting on the Tibetan Plateau within the Last 5 Ma. In: Şengör, A.M.C. (eds) Tectonic Evolution of the Tethyan Region. NATO ASI Series, vol 259. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2253-2_21
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