The Eastern Himalayan syntaxis: major tectonic domains, ophiolitic mélanges and geologic evolution

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 265-285

  Quanru, Geng ^a,b   Guitang, Pan ^b   Zheng, Lailin ^b   Chen, Zhiliang ^b   Fisher, Richard D ^c   Sun, Zhiming ^b   Ou, Chunsheng ^d   Dong, Han ^d   Wang, Xiaowei ^d   Li, Sheng ^b   Lou, Xiongying ^b   Fu, Heng ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^c Canyons Worldwide   (United States)

^d Bur Geol Mineral Resouces of Gansu   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; GRANULITE; MELANGE; OPHIOLITE; PETROLOGY; SUBDUCTION; TECTONICS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HIMALAYAS; INDUS-YARLUNG SUTURE ZONE; NAMJAGBARWA FENG; XIZANG;

EID: 33745646793     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2005.03.009     Document Type: Article

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