Provenance evolution of collapse graben fill in the Himalaya-The Miocene to Quaternary Thakkhola-Mustang Graben (Nepal)

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 233, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 1-14

  Adhikari, Basanta Raj ^a   Wagreich, Michael ^b  

^a Department of Geology ^*  (Nepal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Heavy mineral; Himalaya; Nepal; Provenance; Thakkhola Mustang Graben

Indexed keywords

HEAVY MINERALS; HIMALAYA; NEPAL; PROVENANCE; THAKKHOLA-MUSTANG GRABEN;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; GRANITE; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; OXIDE MINERALS; PETROGRAPHY; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; ROCKS; SANDSTONE; SILICATE MINERALS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

MINERALS;

BASIN EVOLUTION; COLLAPSE STRUCTURE; FILL; GRABEN; HEAVY MINERAL; HOLOCENE; MIOCENE; NORMAL FAULT; OROGENY; PALEOCURRENT; PETROLOGY; PROVENANCE; SUTURE ZONE; TETHYS;

HIMALAYAS; NEPAL; THAKKHOLA;

EID: 78650596387     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2010.09.021     Document Type: Article

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