Fission-track and 40Ar/39 Ar evidence for episodic denudation of the Gangotri granites in the Garhwal Higher Himalaya, India

Tectonophysics

Volumn 260, Issue 1-3 SPEC. ISS., 1996, Pages 187-199

  Sorkhabi, Rasoul B ^a   Stump, Edmund ^a   Foland, Kenneth A ^b   Jain, Arvind K ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON-40/ARGON-39 DATING; DENUDATION; FISSION TRACK ANALYSIS; GRANITE;

INDIA, UTTAR PRADESH, GARHWAL HIMALAYA, GANGOTRI;

EID: 0030424790     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0040-1951(96)00083-2     Document Type: Article

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