Neogene foreland basin deposits, erosional unroofing, and the kinematic history of the Himalayan fold-thrust belt, western Nepal

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 2-21

  DeCelles, P G ^a   Gehrels, G E ^a   Quade, J ^a   Ojha, T P ^a   Kapp, P A ^a,c   Upreti, B N ^b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; BINARY ALLOYS; CARBONATION; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; DEPOSITS; EROSION; FAULT SLIPS; FELDSPAR; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITE; LEAD ALLOYS; RIVERS; SANDSTONE; SOILS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; URANIUM ALLOYS;

CARBONATE NODULES; DETRITAL CARBONATE; FOLD-THRUST BELTS; MAIN CENTRAL THRUSTS; METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS; PETROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; POTASSIUM FELDSPAR; U-PB GEOCHRONOLOGY;

WEATHERING;

CALCAREOUS SOIL; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DETACHMENT FOLD; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; FORELAND BASIN; HIMALAYAN OROGENY; HISTOSOL; KINEMATICS; LOW GRADE METAMORPHISM; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; MIOCENE; MUDSTONE; NEOGENE; PALEOCURRENT; PLIOCENE; UNROOFING; CHRONOLOGY; TECTONICS; THRUST FAULTING;

NEPAL; SIWALIK HILLS; HIMALAYAS;

EID: 0031811058     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1998)110<0002:NFBDEU>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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