The Pangong injection complex, Indian Karakoram: a case of pervasive granite flow through hot viscous crust

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 155, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 883-891

  Weinberg, R F ^a,b   Searle, M P ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAPIR; DIKE; GRANITE;

INDIA;

EID: 0032435027     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.155.5.0883     Document Type: Article

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