Tectono-thermal evolution of the India-Asia collision zone based on 40Ar-39Ar thermochronology in Ladakh, India

Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Earth and Planetary Sciences

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 737-754

  Bhutani, Rajneesh ^a   Pande, Kanchan ^b   Venkatesan, T R ^c  

^a PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^c NONE   (India)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar thermochronology; Deformation; India Asia collision; Trans Himalaya

Indexed keywords

BATHOLITH; COLLISION ZONE; CRUSTAL THICKENING; PALEOGENE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; JAMMU AND KASHMIR; LADAKH; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 13844253470     PISSN: 02534126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02704033     Document Type: Article

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