Macrostructural and microstructural architecture of the Karakoram fault: Relationship between magmatism and strike-slip faulting

Tectonics

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Phillips, Richard J ^a,b   Searle, Mike P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; CRYSTALLIZATION; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EXTRUSION; FAULTING; GREENSCHIST FACIES; MAGMATISM; MICROSTRUCTURE; MYLONITE; SLIP RATE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

ASIA; EURASIA; KARAKORAM FAULT ZONE; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 34548308676     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006TC001946     Document Type: Article

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