Pan-African Magmatism and Sedimentation in the NW Himalaya

Gondwana Research

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 263-270

  Islam, R ^a   Upadhyay, R ^a   Ahmad, T ^a   Thakur, V C ^a   Sinha, A K ^b  

^a WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

^b BIRBAL SAHNI INSTITUTE OF PALAEOBOTANY   (India)

Author keywords

Lesser Himalayan granites; Pan African orogeny; S type granitoids

Indexed keywords

GRANITE; GRANITOID; MAGMATISM; PAN AFRICAN OROGENY; SEDIMENTATION; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

HIMALAYAS;

EID: 0009821822     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1342-937X(05)70150-7     Document Type: Article

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