The South Tibetan detachment and the Manaslu leucogranite: A structural reinterpretation and restoration of the Annapurna-Manaslu Himalaya, Nepal

Journal of Geology

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 505-523

  Searle, Michael P ^a   Godin, Laurent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETACHMENT FAULT; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; HIMALAYAN OROGENY; LEUCOGRANITE; MAPPING; METAMORPHISM; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHY;

NEPAL;

EID: 0242368864     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/376763     Document Type: Article

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