Relationship between leucogranites and the Qomolangma detachment in the Rongbuk Valley, south Tibet

Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 831-834

  Murphy, M A ^a   Harrison, T Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; LEAD ALLOYS; PHOSPHATE MINERALS;

CRUSTAL LEVELS; EARLY MIOCENE; FAULT SYSTEM; FIELD MAPPING; HIMALAYAS; LEUCOGRANITES; MAIN CENTRAL THRUSTS; SHEAR ZONE;

THORIUM ALLOYS;

CRUSTAL SHORTENING; DETACHMENT FAULT; EXHUMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULT SLIP; LEUCOGRANITE;

ASIA; HIMALAYAS;

EID: 0033377713     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1999)027<0831:RBLATQ>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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