Constraints on the metamorphic evolution of the Eastern Himalayan syntaxis from geochronologic and petrologic studies of Namche Barwa

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 121, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 385-407

  Booth, Amanda L ^a   Chamberlain, C Page ^a   Kidd, William S F ^b   Zeitler, Peter K ^c  

^a University of Alaska Fairbanks   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATEXIS; FLUVIAL EROSION; GEODYNAMIC MODELS; HIMALAYAS; IN-SITU; ION MICROPROBE; MELT PRODUCTION; METAMORPHIC EVOLUTION; METAMORPHIC PRESSURE; MIOCENE; SPATIAL CORRELATIONS; STRUCTURAL CORE; TEMPERATURE DATA;

DEFORMATION; FELDSPAR; GARNETS; MICA; MONAZITE; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; ROCKS; SILICATE MINERALS;

METAMORPHIC ROCKS;

ANATEXIS; DEFORMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; METAMORPHIC ROCK; METAMORPHISM; P-T CONDITIONS; PETROLOGY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; UPLIFT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HIMALAYAS; NAMJAGBARWA FENG; XIZANG;

EID: 69949137690     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B26041.1     Document Type: Article

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