Insight into the nature of Indian crust underthrusting the Himalaya

Terra Nova

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 46-51

  Johnson, Michael R W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUST; GONDWANA; GRANITE; LITHOSPHERE; PAN AFRICAN OROGENY; PLATE TECTONICS; PROTEROZOIC; REWORKING; S-TYPE ROCK; THRUST; XENOLITH;

INDIA;

EID: 0037329710     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3121.2003.00463.x     Document Type: Article

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