Northward subduction of the Indian plate beneath the Kohistan island arc, Pakistan Himalaya: New evidence from isotopic data

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 160, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 377-384

  Bignold, S M ^a   Treloar, P J ^a  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Himalaya; Island arc; Isotopes; Pakistan

Indexed keywords

BONINITE; CRETACEOUS; ISLAND ARC; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE TECTONICS; SUBDUCTION;

PAKISTAN;

EID: 0037797286     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-764902-068     Document Type: Article

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