Locating earliest records of orogenesis in western Himalaya: Evidence from Paleogene sediments in the Iranian Makran region and Pakistan Katawaz basin

Geology

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 807-810

  Carter, Andrew ^a   Najman, Yani ^b   Bahroudi, Abbas ^c   Bown, Paul ^a   Garzanti, Eduardo ^d   Lawrence, Robert D ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^e OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETRITAL ZIRCON; FISSION-TRACK DATING; HIMALAYAS; MAGMATIC ARCS; PAKISTAN; PALEOGENE; PALEOGENE SEDIMENTS;

EROSION; LEAD; PETROGRAPHY; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SILICATE MINERALS;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CONTINENTAL ARC; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; EROSION; EXHUMATION; FISSION TRACK DATING; OROGENY; PALEOGENE; PETROGRAPHY; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

HIMALAYAS; MAKRAN; PAKISTAN;

EID: 77958089341     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G31087.1     Document Type: Article

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