Tectonic implications of U-Pb zircon ages of the Himalayan orogenic belt in Nepal

Science

Volumn 288, Issue 5465, 2000, Pages 497-499

  DeCelles, P G ^a   Gehrels, G E ^a   Quade, J ^a   LaReau, B ^a   Spurlin, M ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD; URANIUM; ZIRCONIUM;

DEFORMATION; HIMALAYAN OROGENY; METAMORPHISM; OROGENIC BELT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONICS; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOLOGY; NEPAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCK; SEDIMENT;

NEPAL;

EID: 0034697142     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.288.5465.497     Document Type: Article

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51. Supported by NSF grants EAR-9418207 and EAR-9725607. We thank T. P. Ojha, B. N. Upreti, D. M. Robinson, C. N. Garzione, P. Kapp, and P. Kaminski for assistance in the field and two anonymous reviewers for useful commentary.