Depositional provenance of the Greater Himalayan Sequence, Garhwal Himalaya, India: Implications for tectonic setting

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 344-354

  Spencer, Christopher J ^a   Harris, Ron A ^a   Sachan, Himanshu Kumar ^b   Saxena, Anubhooti ^b  

^a Brigham Young University   (United States)

^b WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Greater Himalayan Sequence; Himalayan orogen; Provenance

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MARGIN; CHEMICAL ALTERATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEPOSITION VELOCITY; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; FLUID INCLUSION; GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; METASEDIMENT; OROGENY; PELITE; PROVENANCE; SOURCE ROCK; TECTONIC SETTING;

GARHWAL HIMALAYAS; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; UTTARAKHAND;

EID: 79955038538     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2011.02.001     Document Type: Article

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