Geobarometric constraints on the depth of emplacement of granite from the Ladakh batholith, Northwest Himalaya, India

Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 256-264

  Jowhar, T N ^a  

^a WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

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EID: 52549103631     PISSN: 13456296     EISSN: 13493825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2465/jmps.96.256     Document Type: Article

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