Crustal thickening leading to exhumation of the Himalayan metamorphic core of Central Nepal: Insight from U-Pb geochronology and 40Ar/39Ar thermochronology

Tectonics

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 729-747

  Godin, Laurent ^a   Parrish, Randall R ^b   Brown, Richard L ^c   Hodges, Kip V ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL THICKENING; EXHUMATION; HIMALAYAN OROGENY; METAMORPHISM; TERTIARY; THERMOCHRONOLOGY; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

HIMALAYAS; KALI GANDAKI VALLEY; NEPAL;

EID: 0034773219     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000TC001204     Document Type: Article

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