Restoration of the Western Himalaya: Implications for metamorphic protoliths, thrust and normal faulting, and channel flow models

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Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 242-257

  Searle, Michael P ^a   Stephenson, Ben ^a,b   Walker, James D ^a,c   Walker, Christian ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Shell Canada Energy   (Canada)

^c Imperial Oil Ltd Resources Limited   (Canada)

^d CHP Consulting   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; CRUSTAL THICKENING; DETACHMENT FAULT; EOCENE; EXTRUSION; FELDSPAR; FLOW MODELING; INDIAN PLATE; KYANITE; LEUCOGRANITE; METAMORPHIC ROCK; MIGMATITE; MIOCENE; NORMAL FAULT; PROTOLITH; SHEAR ZONE; SILLIMANITE; THRUST FAULT;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS;

LEUCAENA TRICHODES;

EID: 38749132012     PISSN: 07053797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18814/epiiugs/2007/v30i4/001     Document Type: Article

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