Detrital-zircon fission-track ages from the lower cenozoic sediments, NW Himalayan foreland basin: Clues for exhumation and denudation of the Himalaya during the India-Asia collision

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 121, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 519-535

  Jain, A K ^a   Lal, Nand ^b   Sulemani, B ^a   Awasthi, A K ^a   Singh, Sandeep ^a   Kumar, Rajeev ^a   Kmnar, Devender ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^b KURUKSHETRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Detrital zircon fission track ages; Himalayan foreland sediments; India Asia collision

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; CENOZOIC SEDIMENTS; COOLING AGE; CRUSTAL THICKENINGS; DETRITAL-ZIRCON FISSION-TRACK AGES; FISSION TRACK; FISSION TRACK AGES; FORELAND BASIN; HIMALAYAN FORELAND SEDIMENTS; HIMALAYAS; INDIA-ASIA COLLISION; METAMORPHIC BELTS; MIOCENE; PAKISTAN; PALEOCENE; PROTEROZOIC BASEMENT; SEDIMENTARY COVERS; SIWALIK; SOURCE AREA; SOURCE ROCKS; SUDDEN CHANGE; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE;

COOLING; FISSION REACTIONS; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; ROCKS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SILICATE MINERALS; TECTONICS;

ZIRCON;

CENOZOIC; COLLISION ZONE; CRUSTAL THICKENING; EXHUMATION; FISSION TRACK DATING; FORELAND BASIN; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEDIMENTATION; SOURCE ROCK; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM; ZIRCON;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; NEPAL; PAKISTAN; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 70049106497     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B26304.1     Document Type: Article

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