Miocene faulting at plate tectonic velocity in the Himalaya of central Nepal

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 228, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 299-310

  Kohn, Matthew J ^a   Wieland, Mark S ^a   Parkinson, Christopher D ^b   Upreti, Bishal N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^c TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Geochronology; Himalaya; Melting; Metamorphism; Monazite

Indexed keywords

MIOCENE FAULTING; TECTONIC VELOCITY;

GEOLOGY; LEAD; SEDIMENTATION; THORIUM; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

TECTONICS;

FAULTING; MIOCENE; PLATE TECTONICS;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; WORLD;

EID: 10644261468     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.10.007     Document Type: Article

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