Microstructures of mylonites along the Karakoram Shear Zone, Tangste valley, Pangong mountains, Karakoram

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 679-694

  Roy, Priyom ^a   Jain, A K ^a   Singh, Sandeep ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

Karakoram; Karakoram shear zone; Kinematic indicators; Mylonites; Texture; Uttarakhand

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EXHUMATION; GREENSCHIST FACIES; KINEMATICS; LINEATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; MYLONITE; MYLONITIZATION; SHEAR ZONE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

INDIA; KARAKORAM; UTTARAKHAND;

PISCES;

EID: 77952245018     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12594-010-0065-1     Document Type: Article

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