Formation of melanges in the Indus Suture Zone, Ladakh Himalaya by successive subduction-related, collisional and post-collisional processes during Late Mesozoic-Late Tertiary time

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 170, Issue , 2000, Pages 333-374

  Robertson, A H F ^a  

^a Grant Institute of Geology   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

COLLISION ZONE; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; HIMALAYAN OROGENY; MELANGE; SUTURE ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

INDIA;

EID: 0034033395     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2000.170.01.19     Document Type: Article

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