Comment on: "Does the Karakoram fault interrupt mid-crustal channel flow in the western Himalaya?" by Mary L. Leech, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 276 (2008) 314-322

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 286, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 589-591

  Searle, M P ^a   Phillips, R J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

channel flow; Himalaya; Karakoram fault; leucogranite; Tibet

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; CHANNEL FLOW; DOMES; EARTH (PLANET); GRANITE;

HIMALAYAN GRANITES; HIMALAYAS; INDIAN PLATE; KARAKORAM FAULT; LEUCOGRANITES; PLANETARY SCIENCE; TIBET; U-PB SHRIMP;

METAMORPHIC ROCKS;

CHANNEL FLOW; INDIAN PLATE; LEAD; LEUCOGRANITE; SHEAR ZONE; SHRIMP DATING; URANIUM;

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

HIRUDINIDA;

EID: 70349090439     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.05.036     Document Type: Note

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