Age of crustal melting, emplacement and exhumation history of the Shivling leucogranite, Garhwal Himalaya

Geological Magazine

Volumn 136, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 513-525

  Searle, M P ^a   Noble, S R ^b   Hurford, A J ^c   Rex, D C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLACEMENT; EXHUMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LACCOLITH; LEUCOGRANITE; MELTING; MIOCENE;

INDIA;

EID: 0033398307     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756899002885     Document Type: Article

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