Nd isotopic data reveal the material and tectonic nature of the Main Central Thrust zone in Nepal Himalaya

Tectonophysics

Volumn 451, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 265-281

  Imayama, Takeshi ^a   Arita, Kazunori ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Higher Himalaya; Lesser Himalaya; Main Central Thrust zone; Nd geochemistry; Nepal

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; NAPPE; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PLATE BOUNDARY; SHEAR ZONE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; THRUST;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; LESSER HIMALAYAS; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 41249095975     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2007.11.051     Document Type: Article

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