Lithostratigraphic correlations in the western Himalaya - An isotopic approach

Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 585-588

  Whittington, Alan ^a,c   Foster, Gavin ^b   Harris, Nigel ^b   Vance, Derek ^b   Ayres, Michael ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; LITHOLOGY;

HIGH HIMALAYAN CRYSTALLINE SERIES; ISOTOPIC STUDY; LESSER HIMALAYA; LITHO-STRATIGRAPHIC; METAMORPHIC GRADE; METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS; WHOLE ROCKS; YIELD MODELING;

ISOTOPES;

GEOCHEMISTRY; HIMALAYAN OROGENY; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; METAMORPHISM; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; TERRANE;

HIMALAYAS; INDIA;

EID: 0032716737     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1999)027<0585:LCITWH>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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