A microstructural and argon laserprobe study of shear zone development at the western margin of the Nanga Parbat-Haramosh Massif, western Himalaya

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 16-29

  Reddy, Steven M ^a   Kelley, Simon P ^b   Magennis, Lochlann ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Esso UK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE; ARGON LASER PROBE; DEFORMATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; SHEAR ZONE;

ASIA, HIMALAYAS, NANGA PARBAT;

EID: 0031398176     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004100050290     Document Type: Article

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