Evaluation of a regional strain gradient in mylonitic quartzites from the footwall of the Main Central Thrust Zone (Garhwal Himalaya, India): Inferences from finite strain and AMS analyses

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 26-37

  Tripathy, Nihar R ^a   Srivastava, Hari B ^b   Mamtani, Manish A ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^b BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility; Finite strain; Main Central Thrust and Himalaya; Mylonite

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FOOTWALL; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MYLONITE; QUARTZITE; STRAIN; THRUST;

ASIA; EURASIA; GARHWAL HIMALAYAS; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; UTTARAKHAND;

EID: 53749093507     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2008.03.008     Document Type: Article

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