Tectonic and magmatic evolution of the eastern Karakoram, India

Geodinamica Acta

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 341-358

  Upadhyay, Rajeev ^a   Sinha, Anshu K ^b   Chandra, Rakesh ^c   Rai, Hakim ^d  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b BIRBAL SAHNI INSTITUTE OF PALAEOBOTANY   (India)

^c Government College   (India)

^d WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Accretion; Collision; Karakoram; Magmatism; Subduction

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; COLLISION ZONE; MAGMATISM; SUTURE ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TERRANE; TETHYS;

HIMALAYAS; INDIA; KARAKORAM;

EID: 0033507845     PISSN: 09853111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0985-3111(99)00101-1     Document Type: Article

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