The Thakkhola-Mustang graben in Nepal and the late Cenozoic extension in the Higher Himalayas

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 5-6, 1999, Pages 683-702

  Colchen, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRABEN; NORMAL FAULT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONICS;

NEPAL;

EID: 0033506870     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-9120(99)00037-1     Document Type: Article

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