Mafic sheets from Indian plate gneisses in the Nanga Parbat syntaxis: Their significance in dating crustal growth and metamorphic and deformation events

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 170, Issue , 2000, Pages 25-50

  Treloar, P J ^a   George, M T ^b   Whittington, A G ^c  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Geology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; GNEISS; HIMALAYAN OROGENY; MAFIC ROCK; METAMORPHISM; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

PAKISTAN;

EID: 0034038407     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2000.170.01.03     Document Type: Article

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