Tracing the origins of the western Himalaya: An isotopic comparison of the Nanga Parbat massif and Zanskar Himalaya

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 170, Issue , 2000, Pages 201-218

  Whittington, A ^a,b   Harris, N B W ^a   Ayres, M W ^a   Foster, G ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Geology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; GNEISS; GRANITE; HIMALAYAN OROGENY; NEODYMIUM; STRONTIUM; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

INDIA; PAKISTAN;

EID: 0034115473     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2000.170.01.11     Document Type: Article

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