Isotopic constraints on the age and provenance of the Lesser and Greater Himalayan sequences, Nepalese Himalaya

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 108, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 904-911

  Parrish, Randall R ^a,c,d   Hodges, K V ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; BUILDINGS; GALLIUM; ISOTOPES; LEAD ALLOYS; SAMARIUM ALLOYS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; URANIUM ALLOYS;

HIMALAYAS; ISOTOPIC CHARACTERISTICS; ISOTOPIC STUDY; MAIN CENTRAL THRUSTS; PRECAMBRIAN; PROTEROZOIC; PROTEROZOIC BASEMENT; SEDIMENTARY PROVENANCE;

NEODYMIUM ALLOYS;

DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; FOOTWALL; HANGING WALL; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; PROTEROZOIC; SAMARIUM-NEODYMIUM DATING; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; THRUST FAULT; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; PROVENANCE; SAMARIUM/NEODYMIUM DATING; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THRUST; URANIUM/LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

GANGETIC PLAIN; HIMALAYAS; LESSER HIMALAYAS; NEPAL;

EID: 0030454294     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1996)108<0904:ICOTAA>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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