Tectonothermal evolution of the Lesser Himalaya, Nepal: Constraints from 40Ar/39Ar ages from the Kathmandu Nappe

Island Arc

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 372-385

  Arita, Kazunori ^a   Dallmeyer, R David ^b   Takasu, Akira ^c  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar ages; Himalaya; Kathmandu Nappe; Main Central Thrust zone; Out of sequence thrust; Tectonic uplift

Indexed keywords

ARGON-40/ARGON-39 DATING; OUT OF SEQUENCE THUSTING; TECTONICS; UPLIFT;

NEPAL;

EID: 0031462748     PISSN: 10384871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1738.1997.tb00047.x     Document Type: Article

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