HP metamorphic belt along the Indus suture zone of NW Himalaya: New discoveries and significance;La ceinture métamorphique HP de la zone de suture de l'Indus dans l'Himalaya du Nord-Ouest : Nouvelles découvertes et signification

Comptes Rendus de l'Academie de Sciences - Serie IIa: Sciences de la Terre et des Planetes

Volumn 325, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 773-778

  Le Fort, Patrick ^a   Guillot, Stéphane ^b   Pêcher, Arnaud ^a  

^a Institut Dolomieu   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Exhumation; Himalaya; Hp metamorphism; Ladakh; Retrogression; Subduction

Indexed keywords

EXHUMATION; RETROGRADE METAMORPHISM; SUBDUCTION; SUTURE ZONE;

INDIA, JAMMU AND KASHMIR, LADAKH;

EID: 0031418784     PISSN: 12518050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1251-8050(97)82755-3     Document Type: Article

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