Subduction followed by collision: Alpine and Himalayan examples

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 127, Issue 1-4, 2001, Pages 277-291

  O'Brien, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alpine; Himalaya; Subduction

Indexed keywords

ALPINE OROGENY; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; HIMALAYAN OROGENY; METAMORPHISM; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ASIA; EUROPE; INDIA;

EID: 0035651788     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(01)00232-1     Document Type: Article

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