Eocene-early Miocene foreland basin development and the history of Himalayan thrusting, western and central Nepal

Tectonics

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 741-765

  DeCelles, Peter G ^a   Gehrels, George E ^a   Quade, Jay ^a   Ojha, T P ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLISION ZONE; EOCENE; FORELAND BASIN; HIMALAYAN OROGENY; MIOCENE; THRUST;

NEPAL;

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; DEPOSITION; FAULTING; LEAD; MINERALS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS; ZIRCON;

DETRITAL ZIRCON; DRAINAGE SYSTEMS; FLEXURAL RIGIDITIES; FLUVIAL DEPOSITS; FOLD-THRUST BELTS; MAIN CENTRAL THRUSTS; NORMAL FAULTING; REASONABLE VALUE;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

EID: 0032447680     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98TC02598     Document Type: Article

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