Himalayan metamorphic sequence as an orogenic channel: Insight from Bhutan

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 198, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 177-191

  Grujic, Djordje ^a   Hollister, Lincoln S ^b   Parrish, Randall R ^c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Exhumation; Himalayas; Metamorphism; Middle crust; Orogeny

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EXHUMATION; HIMALAYAN OROGENY; METAMORPHISM; TECTONIC SETTING; THRUST;

BHUTAN;

EID: 0036263530     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(02)00482-X     Document Type: Article

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