Tectonostratigraphic subdivisions of the Himalaya: A view from the west

Tectonics

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2004, Pages

  DiPietro, Joseph A ^a   Pogue, Kevin R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN INDIANA   (United States)

^b WHITMAN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

HHC; Himalaya; MCT; Nepal; Pakistan; Tectonostratigraphy

Indexed keywords

FOLD AND THRUST BELT; PLATE BOUNDARY; TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHY;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; WORLD;

EID: 11944250453     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003TC001554     Document Type: Review

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