Pre-tertiary felsic magmatism of the Nepal Himalaya: Recycling of continental crust

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 5-6, 1999, Pages 607-628

  Le Fort, Patrick ^a,c   Raï, Santa Man ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^c Ambassade de France   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; GRANITE; MAGMATISM; RECYCLING;

NEPAL;

EID: 0033493017     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-9120(99)00015-2     Document Type: Article

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