The lower lesser himalayan sequence: A paleoproterozoic arc on the northern margin of the Indian plate

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 122, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 323-335

  Kohn, Matthew J ^a   Paul, Sudip K ^b   Corrie, Stacey L ^a  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARC MODELS; CLASTIC ROCK; CLASTIC SEDIMENTS; COLUMBIA; DETRITAL ZIRCON; HIMALAYAS; INDIAN PLATE; METAMORPHIC AGE; ORTHOGNEISSES; PALEOPROTEROZOIC; PROTEROZOIC; SHALLOW INTRUSIONS; SUPERCONTINENTS; UNIMODAL;

CAVITY RESONATORS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; ROCKS; SILICATE MINERALS; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; VOLCANOES;

VOLCANIC ROCKS;

CONTINENTAL ARC; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; IGNEOUS PROVINCE; INDIAN PLATE; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; PASSIVE MARGIN; PROTEROZOIC; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SHALE; VOLCANIC ROCK; ZIRCON;

EID: 73449095326     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B26587.1     Document Type: Article

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