The Malari leucogranite, Garhwal Himalaya, Northern India: Chemistry, age, and tectonic implications

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 122, Issue 11-12, 2010, Pages 1865-1876

  Sachan, Himanshu K ^a   Kohn, Matthew J ^b   Saxena, Anubhooti ^a   Corrie, Stacey L ^b  

^a WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

^b BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE DEFORMATION; BULK CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FLOW MODEL; HIMALAYAS; LARGE DISPLACEMENTS; LEUCOGRANITES; NORMAL FAULT SYSTEM; PARTIAL MELTING; SHEAR FABRICS; SHORT DURATIONS; SUBSOLIDUS; TECTONIC IMPLICATIONS; TIBETANS; ZIRCON U-PB AGE;

ABLATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; LEAD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SILICATE MINERALS;

TECTONICS;

AGE DETERMINATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; LEUCOGRANITE; NORMAL FAULT; PARTIAL MELTING; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

GARHWAL HIMALAYAS; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; UTTARAKHAND;

EID: 78049419454     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30153.1     Document Type: Article

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