Stratigraphy, structure and evolution of the Tibetan–Tethys zone in Zanskar and the Indus suture zone in the Ladakh Himalaya

Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 1983, Pages 205-219

  Searle, M P ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

age date; arc; batholith; collision; crystalline complex; melange; metamorphism; obduction; ophiolite; sediment; subduction; volcanic rocks

Indexed keywords

AGE DATE; ARC; BATHOLITH; COLLISION; CRYSTALLINE COMPLEX; MELANGE.;

EID: 0020682554     PISSN: 02635933     EISSN: 14737116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263593300009688     Document Type: Article

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