Pre-alpine high-grade metamorphism in High Himalaya crystalline sequences: Evidence from lower palaeozoic Kinnaur Kailas granite and surrounding rocks in the Sutlej Valley (Himachal Pradesch, India)

Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 207-220

  Marquer, Didier ^a   Chawla, Harpreet S ^b   Challandes, Nathalie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^b Geological Institute   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

High grade metamorphism; Himachal Pradesh; Himalaya; Kinnar Kailas Granite; Lower Palaeozoic intrusion; Migmatitic doming

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY; GRANITE; INDIA; PETROLOGY;

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; DEFORMATION; GRANITE; METAMORPHISM; OROGENIC BELT; PALEOZOIC; TECTONIC SETTING;

INDIA;

EID: 0033671794     PISSN: 00129402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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