Metamorphic evolution, 40Ar-39Ar chronology and tectonic model for the Neelum valley, Azad Kashmir, NE Pakistan

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 170, Issue , 2000, Pages 431-453

  Fontan, D ^a   Schouppe, M ^b   Hunziker, C J ^c   Martinotti, G ^d   Verkaeren, J ^e  

^a SEA Environ Serv C   (Italy)

^b EUROPEAN COMMISSION   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; HIMALAYAN OROGENY; METAMORPHISM; P-T CONDITIONS; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

PAKISTAN;

EID: 0034074375     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2000.170.01.23     Document Type: Article

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