New insights into the origin of two contrasting Himalayan granite belts

Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 899-902

  Harrison, T Mark ^a   Lovera, Oscar M ^a   Grove, Marty ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SHEAR STRESS;

HIMALAYAN GRANITES; HIMALAYAS; MIOCENE; MODEL PREDICTION; MODEL RESULTS; PETROGENESIS; SHEAR HEATING; SUPRACRUSTAL ROCKS;

GRANITE;

AGE DETERMINATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECOLLEMENT; EMPLACEMENT; GRANITE; MIOCENE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PETROGENESIS; PREDICTION; SUPRACRUSTAL ROCK;

HIMALAYAS; ASIA;

EID: 0031402727     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1997)025<0899:NIITOO>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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