The Role of India-Asia Collision in the Amalgamation of the Gondwana-Derived Blocks and Deep-Seated Magmatism during the Paleogene at the Himalayan Foreland Basin and Around the Gongha Syntaxis in the South China Block

Gondwana Research

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 61-74

  Acharyya, S K ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Gondwana fragments; Himalayan foreland; India Asia collision; Namche Barwa Gongha syntaxis; Paleogene magmatism

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; FLOOD BASALT; FORELAND BASIN; GONDWANA; MAGMA; MAGMATISM; MELTING; PALEOGENE; SHEAR ZONE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

CHINA; HIMALAYAS; SOUTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 0346406512     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1342-937X(05)70655-9     Document Type: Article

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