Evidence of a Tethyan immature arc within the South Ladakh ophiolites (NW Himalaya, India);Temoins d'un arc immature tethysien dans les ophiolites du Sud Ladakh (NW Himalaya, Inde)

Comptes Rendus de l'Academie de Sciences - Serie IIa: Sciences de la Terre et des Planetes

Volumn 330, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 289-295

  Mahéo, Gweltaz ^a   Bertrand, Hervé ^a   Guillot, Stéphane ^a   Mascle, Georges ^b   Pêcher, Arnaud ^b   Picard, Christian ^c   De Sigoyer, Julia ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Himalaya; Immature arc; Ladakh; Neo Tethys; Ophiolite; Subduction

Indexed keywords

ISLAND ARC; OPHIOLITE; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TETHYS;

INDIA; LADAKH;

EID: 0034728424     PISSN: 12518050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1251-8050(00)00130-0     Document Type: Article

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