Record of deformation by secondary magnetic remanences and magnetic anisotropy in the Nar/Phu valley (central Himalaya)

Tectonophysics

Volumn 377, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 197-209

  Schill, E ^a,b   Appel, E ^a   Godin, L ^c   Crouzet, C ^a   Gautam, P ^a,d   Regmi, K R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Himalaya; Magnetic anisotropy; Palaeomagnetism; Pyrrhotite; Rotation; Secondary magnetization

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; PALEOMAGNETISM; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; TECTONIC ROTATION; TERTIARY;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 0347182864     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2003.08.020     Document Type: Article

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