Orogen-parallel and orogen-perpendicular extension in the central Nepalese Himalayas

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 108, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1594-1607

  Coleman, M E ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

BRITTLE DEFORMATION; CATACLASTIC ZONES; DUCTILE SHEAR ZONE; EXTENSIONAL STRAIN; METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; STRETCHING LINEATIONS; THREE GENERATIONS; EARLY MIOCENE; HIGH GRADES; HIMALAYAS; MIDDLE MIOCENE;

LANDFORMS;

BRITTLE DEFORMATION; CRUSTAL THICKENING; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; FOOTWALL; MARBLE; MIOCENE; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SHEAR ZONE; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

HIMALAYAS; NEPAL; DUDH KHOLA VALLEY; MARSYANDI VALLEY;

EID: 0030428962     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1996)108<1594:OPAOPE>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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