Seismic structure and evidence for eclogitization during the Himalayan convergence

Tectonophysics

Volumn 273, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 1-16

  Sapin, Martine ^a   Hirn, Alfred ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Crust; Himalayas; Metamorphism; Moho; Reflection and refraction seismics

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; ECLOGITE; METAMORPHISM; MOHO; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC REFRACTION;

ASIA, HIMALAYAS;

EID: 0030816921     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0040-1951(96)00285-5     Document Type: Article

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