Late Miocene to Early Pliocene tectonometamorphism and cooling in south-central Karakorum and Indus-Tsangpo suture, Chogo Lungma area (NE Pakistan)

Tectonophysics

Volumn 260, Issue 1-3 SPEC. ISS., 1996, Pages 201-214

  Villa, Igor M ^a   Lemennicier, Yves ^b   Le Fort, Patrick ^b  

^a Mineralogisch Petrographisches Inst   (Switzerland)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAMORPHISM; MIOCENE; PLIOCENE; TECTONICS;

PAKISTAN, BALTISTAN, KARAKORUM, CHOGO LUNGMA GLACIER;

EID: 0030439854     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0040-1951(96)00086-8     Document Type: Article

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