Structural complexity resulting from pervasive ductile deformation in the Karakoram Shear Zone, Ladakh, NW India

Tectonics

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  McCarthy, M R ^a   Weinberg, R F ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUCTILE DEFORMATION; EXHUMATION; FOLDING; FOOTWALL; SHEAR ZONE; THRUST; TRANSPRESSION;

INDIA; JAMMU AND KASHMIR; KARAKORAM FAULT ZONE; LADAKH;

EID: 77954615562     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008TC002354     Document Type: Article

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