The thermal response of a metamorphic belt to extension: Constraints from laser Ar data on metamorphic micas

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 162, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 153-164

  Vance, Derek ^a   Ayres, Mike ^a   Kelley, Simon ^a   Harris, Nigel ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extension; Himalayas; Metamorphism; Thermal history

Indexed keywords

ARGON; EXHUMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; METAMORPHIC ROCK; MICA; OROGENIC BELT; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

ASIA;

EID: 0032408752     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(98)00163-0     Document Type: Article

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