Channel flow and ductile extrusion of the high Himalayan slab-the Kangchenjunga-Darjeeling profile, Sikkim Himalaya

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 173-185

  Searle, Michael P ^a   Szulc, Adam G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Channel flow; Inverted metamorphism; Kangchenjunga Darjeeling; Leucogranite

Indexed keywords

GRANITE; MAGMATISM; METAMORPHISM;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; SIKKIM; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 17644385179     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2004.03.004     Document Type: Article

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