Multicomponent magnetization in western Dolpo (Tethyan Himalaya, Nepal): Tectonic implications

Tectonophysics

Volumn 377, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 179-196

  Crouzet, C ^a   Gautam, P ^a,b   Schill, E ^a,c   Appel, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Magnetite; Nepal; Palaeomagnetism; Pyrrhotite; Rotation; Tethyan Himalaya

Indexed keywords

PALEOMAGNETISM; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; TECTONIC ROTATION; TETHYS; TRIASSIC;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 0347655569     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2003.08.019     Document Type: Article

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