Kinematic, thermal and petrological model of the Himalayas: Constraints related to metamorphism within the underthrust Indian crust and topographic elevation

Tectonophysics

Volumn 273, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 31-56

  Henry, Pierre ^a   Le Pichon, Xavier ^a,b   Goffé, Bruno ^a  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b PSL Research University   (France)

Author keywords

Ecologites; Himalayaa; Uplift

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; ECLOGITIZATION; P/T CONDITIONS; UNDERTHRUSTING; UPLIFT;

ASIA, HIMALAYAS;

EID: 0030733310     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0040-1951(96)00287-9     Document Type: Article

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