Thermal modeling of the formation of leucogranites in the higher Himalaya

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1997, Pages

  Shi, Yao Lin ^a   Wang, Chi Yuen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Higher Himalaya; Leucogranite; Thermal modeling

Indexed keywords

GRADE; PETROGENESIS;

ASIA, HIMALAYAS;

EID: 0031396306     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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