Ductile shearing of the Proterozoic Chor granitoid in the Lesser Himalaya and its tectonic significance

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 132-138

  Singh, Sandeep ^a   Jain, A K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUCTILE DEFORMATION; NAPPE; SHEAR ZONE; TECTONIC BOUNDARY; THRUST;

INDIA, HIMACHAL PRADESH, CHOR MASSIF;

EID: 0029769170     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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