Structural development of the Tso Morari ultra-high pressure nappe of the Ladakh Himalaya

Tectonophysics

Volumn 451, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 242-264

  Epard, Jean Luc ^a   Steck, Albrecht ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Continental collision; Exhumation; Himalayas; India; Nappe tectonics; Neotectonics; Ultra high pressure metamorphism

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; BASIN EVOLUTION; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; EOCENE; EXHUMATION; EXTRUSION; INDIAN PLATE; LINEATION; MANTLE STRUCTURE; NAPPE; NEOTECTONICS; OVERPRINTING; PROTEROZOIC; RECRYSTALLIZATION; SUBDUCTION; SUTURE ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THRUST; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; LADAKH HIMALAYAS;

EID: 41249094765     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2007.11.050     Document Type: Article

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