Miocene, north-vergent extensional displacements along the Main Mantle Thrust, NW Himalaya, Pakistan

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 153, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 677-680

  Vince, Kathryn J ^a   Treloar, Peter J ^a  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extension; Himalaya; Pakistan

Indexed keywords

EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; ISOSTATIC REBOUND; MIOCENE;

PAKISTAN, HIMALAYAS;

EID: 0030497579     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.153.5.0677     Document Type: Article

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