Kinematic history of the Main Central Thrust zone in the Langtang area, Nepal

Tectonophysics

Volumn 366, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 151-163

  Takagi, Hideo ^a   Arita, Kazunori ^b   Sawaguchi, Takashi ^a   Kobayashi, Keiko ^a   Awaji, Dohta ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Extensional tectonics; Fault reactivation; Himalaya; Kathmandu Nappe; Main Central Thrust

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULTING; KINEMATICS; NAPPE; NEOGENE; THRUST;

LANGTANG; NEPAL;

EID: 0038321926     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(03)00052-0     Document Type: Article

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