Contact metamorphism in the Malashan dome, North Himalayan gneiss domes, southern Tibet: An example of shallow extensional tectonics in the Tethys Himalaya

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 831-853

  Kawakami, T ^a   Aoya, M ^b   Wallis, S R ^c   Lee, J ^d   Terada, K ^e   Wang, Y ^f   Heizler, M ^g  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^g NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar dating; Contact metamorphism; Extensional tectonics; North Himalayan gneiss domes; SHRIMP dating

Indexed keywords

ANDALUSITE; ARGON-ARGON DATING; CONTACT METAMORPHISM; DOME; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GNEISS; GRANITE; MELTING; METAPELITE; PETROGRAPHY; ROCK MICROSTRUCTURE; SCHIST; SHEAR ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HIMALAYAS; XIZANG;

EID: 34848822534     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: 15251314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1314.2007.00731.x     Document Type: Article

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