Growth and deformation of the Ladakh Batholith, Northwest Himalayas: Implications for timing of continental collision and origin of calc-alkaline batholiths

Journal of Geology

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 303-320

  Weinberg, Roberto F ^a   Dunlap, W J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHOLITH; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; DEFORMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MAGMATISM;

INDIA;

EID: 0033930328     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/314405     Document Type: Article

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