New field, structural and geochronological data from the Shyok and Nubra valleys, northern Ladakh: Linking Kohistan to Tibet

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 170, Issue , 2000, Pages 253-275

  Weinberg, R F ^a   Dunlap, W J ^c   Whitehouse, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLISION ZONE; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; HIMALAYAN OROGENY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONICS;

INDIA;

EID: 0034117826     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2000.170.01.14     Document Type: Article

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