Timing, quantification and tectonic modelling of Pliocene-Quaternary movements in the NW Himalaya: Evidence from fission track dating

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 179, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 437-451

  Jain, A K ^a   Kumar, Devender ^a   Singh, Sandeep ^b   Kumar, Ashok ^a   Lal, Nand ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^b NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c KURUKSHETRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Exhumation; Fission track dating; Himalayas; Thermochronology

Indexed keywords

EXHUMATION; FISSION TRACK DATING; NEOTECTONICS; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; TECTONICS; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

ASIA;

EID: 0033931706     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(00)00133-3     Document Type: Article

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