Laser 40Ar/39Ar age constraints on Miocene sequences from the Bengal basin: Implications for middle Miocene denudation of the eastern Himalayas

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 115, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Uddin, Ashraf ^a   Hames, Willis E ^a   Zahid, Khandaker M ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ARGON-ARGON DATING; DENUDATION; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MIOCENE; MUSCOVITE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

BENGAL; HIMALAYAS;

MICAS;

EID: 77955382658     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JB006401     Document Type: Article

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