Evidence from fission track ages for the tectonic uplift of the Himalayan orogen during late Cenozoic

Diqiu Kexue - Zhongguo Dizhi Daxue Xuebao/Earth Science - Journal of China University of Geosciences

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 147-152

  Liu, De Min ^a   Li, De Wei ^a   Yang, Wei Ran ^a   Wang, Xiao Feng ^a   Zhang, Jin Yang ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Dating; Fission track; Himalayan orogen; Late Cenozoic; Tectonic uplift

Indexed keywords

FISSION REACTIONS; GRANITE; LANDFORMS; TECTONICS; ZIRCON;

APATITE; DATING; FISSION TRACK AGES; HIMALAYAN OROGEN; LATE CENOZOIC; LEUCOGRANITE; TECTONIC UPLIFT;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

EID: 17944374538     PISSN: 10002383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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