Rb-Sr microchrons in the Manaslu granite: Implications for Himalayan thermochronology

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 143, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 125-135

  Chen, Chang Hwa ^a,b,c   DePaolo, Donald J ^a,b   Lan, Ching Ying ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Erosion; Geochemical methods; Geochronology; Himalayas; Strontium

Indexed keywords

EROSION; GRANITE; RUBIDIUM/STRONTIUM DATING; STRONTIUM;

NEPAL, HIMALAYAS, MANASLU;

EID: 0000903996     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0012-821x(96)00122-7     Document Type: Article

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