Pleistocene melting and rapid exhumation of the Nanga Parbat massif, Pakistan: Age and P-T conditions of accessory mineral growth in migmatite and leucogranite

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 288, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 408-420

  Crowley, J L ^a   Waters, D J ^b   Searle, M P ^b   Bowring, S A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

accessory mineral; exhumation; Himalaya; leucogranite; migmatite; U Pb

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL ROCKS; EFFECTIVE VISCOSITY; EXHUMATION RATES; HIMALAYAS; LEUCOGRANITES; MELTING AND CRYSTALLIZATION; MIGMATITE; MINERAL GROWTH; NEO GENES; PAKISTAN; PLEISTOCENE; SHEAR ZONE; THERMAL STRUCTURE; VERTICAL CHANNELS; XENOTIME;

DEHYDRATION; DEWATERING; GARNETS; LEAD; LEVEES; MELTING; METALLIC GLASS; MICA; MINERALS; MONAZITE; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; ZIRCON;

SILICATE MINERALS;

ACCESSORY MINERAL; AGE DETERMINATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; DEHYDRATION MELTING; EXHUMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GROWTH RATE; LEUCOGRANITE; MIGMATITE; P-T CONDITIONS; PLEISTOCENE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; NANGA PARBAT; NORTHERN AREAS; PAKISTAN; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 70449707089     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.09.044     Document Type: Article

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