Metamorphic evolution of the Tethyan Himalayan flysch in SE tibet

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 353, Issue , 2011, Pages 45-69

  Dunkl, I ^a   Antolin B ^b   Wemmer, K ^a   Rantitsch, G ^c   Kienast, M ^a   Montomoli, C ^d   Ding, L ^e   Carosi, R ^d   Appel, E ^b   El Bay, R ^b   Xu, Q ^e   von Eynatten, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^e INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; ARENITE; CRETACEOUS; DIAGENESIS; DIKE; EMPLACEMENT; FLYSCH; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GREENSCHIST; METABASITE; METAMORPHISM; METAPELITE; VITRINITE REFLECTANCE;

CHINA; HIMALAYAS; XIZANG;

EID: 79953099014     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP353.4     Document Type: Article

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