Tectonics of the southern Asian Plate margin along the Karakoram Shear Zone: Constraints from field observations and U-Pb SHRIMP ages

Tectonophysics

Volumn 451, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 186-205

  Jain, Arvind K ^a   Singh, Sandeep ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

India; Karakoram Shear Zone; Ladakh Karakoram; Zircon U Pb geochronology

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MARGIN; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITOID; GRANODIORITE; INDIAN PLATE; LEUCOGRANITE; PLATE TECTONICS; SHEAR ZONE; SHRIMP DATING; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SUBDUCTION; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ASIA; EURASIA; KARAKORAM; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 41249084780     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2007.11.048     Document Type: Article

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