Inverted metamorphism in the Pre-Siwalik foreland basin sediments beneath the crystalline nappe, western Nepal Himalaya

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 5-6, 1999, Pages 727-739

  Sakai, H ^a   Takigami, Y ^b   Nakamuta, Y ^a   Nomura, H ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kanto Gakuen University   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; METAMORPHISM; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONICS;

NEPAL;

EID: 0033499875     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-9120(99)00035-8     Document Type: Article

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