Tectonic assembly of inverted metamorphic sequences

Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 839-842

  Jamieson, R A ^a   Beaumont, C ^a   Hamilton, J ^a   Fullsack, P ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY;

DUCTILE SHEAR ZONE; FULLY-COUPLED; MAIN CENTRAL THRUSTS; METAMORPHIC PRESSURE; PEAK TEMPERATURES; TEMPERATURE DATA; THERMAL-MECHANICAL MODELING; THRUST FAULTS;

FAULTING;

METAMORPHISM; OROGENY; SHEAR ZONE; TECTONICS; THERMOMECHANICS; THRUST FAULT; INVERTED SEQUENCE; OROGENESIS; P/T CONDITIONS;

HIMALAYAS; MAIN CENTRAL THRUST ZONE; NEPAL;

EID: 0030302330     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0839:TAOIMS>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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