Temperature and age constraints on the metamorphism of the Tethyan Himalaya in Central Nepal: A multidisciplinary approach

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 113-130

  Crouzet, C ^a   Dunkl, I ^b,c   Paudel, L ^d   Arkai P ^c   Rainer, T M ^e   Balogh, K ^f   Appel, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c Institute for Geochemical Research   (Hungary)

^d TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^e Institut fur Geowissenschaften Leoben   (Austria)

^f INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Chlorite "crystallinity"; Fission track; Geochronology; Geothermometry; Illite "crystallinity"; K Ar; K bler index; Tethyan Himalaya; Vitrinite reflectance

Indexed keywords

AUREOLE; CHLORITOID; DEVONIAN; FISSION TRACK DATING; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOTHERMOMETRY; METAMORPHISM; METASEDIMENT; POTASSIUM-ARGON DATING; RECRYSTALLIZATION; TEMPERATURE; TETHYS; TRIASSIC; VITRINITE REFLECTANCE; ZIRCON;

ASIA; EURASIA; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA;

MICAS;

EID: 34047184391     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2006.07.014     Document Type: Article

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