Late Miocene movement within the Himalayan Main Central Thrust shear zone, Sikkim, north-east India

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 207-226

  Catlos, E J ^a   Dubey, C S ^b   Harrison, T M ^c   Edwards, M A ^d  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Geochronology; Main Central Thrust; Monazite; Sikkim Himalayas; Thermobarometry

Indexed keywords

METAMORPHISM; MIOCENE; P-T-T PATH; SHEAR ZONE; THRUST;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; SIKKIM HIMALAYAS;

EID: 2142652236     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1314.2004.00509.x     Document Type: Article

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