Biotite Rb-Sr ages: Constraints on exhumation of the Karakoram Metamorphic Complex, Eastern Ladakh

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 27-31

  Singh, Sandeep ^a   Patra, Biswajayee A ^a   Vijan, A R ^b   Jain, A K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^b ONGC   (India)

Author keywords

Eastern Ladakh; Granitoids; Karakoram complex; Rb Sr ages

Indexed keywords

EXHUMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; METAMORPHIC ROCK; MIOCENE;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; JAMMU AND KASHMIR; KARAKORAM; LADAKH; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33645217771     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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