Deformation mechanisms in the Chiplakot Crystalline Belt (CCB) along Kali-Gori valleys (Kumaon), NW-Himalaya

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 76-91

  Kumar, Yogesh ^a   Patel, R C ^a  

^a KURUKSHETRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Chiplakot Crystalline Belt (CCB); Deformation mechanism; Extensional tectonics; Kumaon; Microstructural studies; NW Himalaya; Structural geology

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; HIMALAYAN OROGENY; METAMORPHIC ROCK; MYLONITIZATION; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC SETTING;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; KUMAUN HIMALAYAS;

EID: 4344714986     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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