Geologic correlation of the Himalayan orogen and Indian craton: Part 1. Structural geology, U-Pb zircon geochronology, and tectonic evolution of the Shillong Plateau and its neighboring regions in NE India

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 122, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 336-359

  Yin, An ^a,b   Dubey, C S ^c   Webb, A A G ^a   Kelty, T K ^d   Grove, M ^e   Gehrels, G E ^f   Burgess, W P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^d CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAHMAPUTRA RIVER; CAMBRIANS; CENOZOIC; CRYSTALLINE BASEMENT; DEFORMATION PATH; EARLY PALEOZOIC; EARTHQUAKE FOCAL MECHANISMS; GREATER HIMALAYAN CRYSTALLINE COMPLEX; HIMALAYAN OROGEN; HIMALAYAS; IGNEOUS ACTIVITY; INDIAN CRATON; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MARKER BEDS; NORTHEASTERN INDIA; PROTEROZOIC; RIGID BLOCK; RODINIA; STRUCTURAL MAPPING; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; U-PB ZIRCON; VELOCITY FIELD;

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DEFORMATION; PETROLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS; ZIRCON;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

CENOZOIC; COLLISION ZONE; CRATON; CRETACEOUS; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; FAULTING; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GONDWANA; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; METAMORPHISM; OROGENY; RODINIA; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

ASSAM; BRAHMAPUTRA RIVER; INDIA; MIKIR HILLS; SHILLONG PLATEAU;

EID: 77951001660     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B26460.1     Document Type: Article

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