Field and microstructural analysis of the Pangong Granodiorite, Ladakh (NW India): Implications for tectonics along the Karakoram Fault Zone

Current Science

Volumn 96, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1124-1130

  Sen, Koushik ^a   Mukherjee, Barun K ^a   Sachan, Himanshu Kumar ^a  

^a WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Fluid inclusion trail; Granodiorites; Micro structures; Solid state deformation

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349162773     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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