A Late Miocene-Pliocene origin for the Central Himalayan inverted metamorphism

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 146, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages

  Harrison, T Mark ^a   Ryerson, F J ^b   Le Fort, P ^c   Yin, An ^a   Lovera, Oscar M ^a   Catlos, E J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Institut Dolomieu   (France)

Author keywords

Himalayas; Main Central Thrust; Metamorphism

Indexed keywords

INVERTED METAMORPHISM; METAMORPHISM; NEOGENE;

ASIA, HIMALAYAS;

EID: 0030788182     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(96)00215-4     Document Type: Article

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