The four plutonic belts of the transhimalaya-himalaya: A chemical, mineralogical, isotopic, and chronological synthesis along a tibet-nepal section

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1986, Pages 219-250

  Debon, Francois ^a   Fort, Patrick Le ^a   Sheppard, Simon M F ^a   Sonet, Jacques ^a  

^a CRPG CNRS   (France)

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EID: 0022554751     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/27.1.219     Document Type: Article

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