Mineral chemistry and K-Ar ages of plutons across the Karakoram fault in the Shyok-Nubra confluence of northern Ladakh Himalaya, India

Gondwana Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 180-188

  Thanh, N X ^a,e   Itaya, T ^a   Ahmad, T ^b   Kojima, S ^c   Ohtani, T ^c   Ehiro, M ^d  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^c GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e HANOI UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND GEOLOGY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Hundar plutons; K Ar geochronology; Karakoram granite; Ladakh arc

Indexed keywords

BIOTITE; DIORITE; GRANODIORITE; LEUCOGRANITE; MINERAL; PETROGRAPHY; PLUTON; POTASSIUM-ARGON DATING; PYROXENE; TECTONIC SETTING;

HIMALAYAS; INDIA; KARAKORAM FAULT ZONE; LADAKH HIMALAYAS;

EID: 70449526831     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2009.08.002     Document Type: Article

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