Neogene cooling and exhumation of upper-amphibolite-facies 'whiteschists' in the southwest Pamir Mountains, Tajikistan

Tectonophysics

Volumn 305, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 325-337

  Hubbard, M S ^a   Grew, E S ^b   Hodges, K V ^c   Yates, M G ^b   Pertsev, N N ^d  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY OF ORE DEPOSITS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Cooling ages; Exhumation; Neogene; Pamir Mountains; White schists

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; COOLING; EXHUMATION; NEOGENE;

TAJIKISTAN;

EID: 0033541961     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(99)00012-8     Document Type: Article

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