Geology and tectonic history of the Lohit Valley, Eastern Arunachal Pradesh, India

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 731-741

  Gururajan, N S ^a   Choudhuri, B K ^a  

^a WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Lohit Valley; Mishmi Crystallines; Tectonic history

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; METAMORPHISM; REGIONAL GEOLOGY; SHEAR ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

INDIA;

EID: 0037407962     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-9120(02)00040-8     Document Type: Article

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