Higher Himalayan Shear Zone, Sutlej section: Structural geology and extrusion mechanism by various combinations of simple shear, pure shear and channel flow in shifting modes

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1267-1303

  Mukherjee, Soumyajit ^a   Koyi, Hemin A ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Brittle shearing; Channel flow; Detachment; Ductile shearing; Extrusion; Higher Himalayan Shear Zone

Indexed keywords

BOUDINAGE; CHANNEL FLOW; EXTRUSION; METAMORPHISM; SHEAR STRAIN; SHEAR ZONE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CHINA; HIMALAYAS; XIZANG;

EID: 77955774015     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-009-0459-8     Document Type: Article

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