Himalayan inverted metamorphism and syn-convergence extension as a consequence of a general shear extrusion

Geological Magazine

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 253-276

  Vannay, Jean Claude ^a   Grasemann, Bernhard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EXTRUSION; FAULTING; FELDSPAR; GEOCHRONOLOGY; KINEMATICS; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MICA; SEISMOLOGY;

DUCTILE DEFORMATIONS; EXTENSIONAL FAULTS; GEOLOGICAL FEATURES; GRANULITE FACIES; HIGH-GRADE METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MAIN CENTRAL THRUSTS; NON-COAXIAL FLOWS; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

SHEAR FLOW;

EXHUMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; HIMALAYAN OROGENY; METAMORPHISM; P-T CONDITIONS;

ASIA; HIMALAYAS;

EID: 0034970429     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756801005313     Document Type: Article

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