Timing of the Tsergo Ri landslide, Langtang Himal, determined by fission-track dating of pseudotachylyte

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 466-472

  Takagi, Hideo ^a   Arita, Kazunori ^b   Danhara, Tohru ^c   Iwano, Hideki ^c  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Kyoto Fission Track Co Ltd ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

Fission track dating; Langtang Himal; Pseudotachylyte; Tsergo Ri landslide

Indexed keywords

FISSION TRACK DATING; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDSLIDE; PLEISTOCENE; PSEUDOTACHYLITE;

ASIA; EURASIA; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33847057402     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2005.12.002     Document Type: Article

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