Metamorphic history of the South Tibetan Detachment System, Mt. Everest region, revealed by RSCM thermometry and phase equilibria modelling

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 561-582

  Cottle, J M ^a   Waters, D J ^b   Riley, D ^b,e   Beyssac, O ^c   Jessup, M J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^e BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Himalaya; Phase equilibria modelling; Raman spectroscopy of carbonaceous material; Shear zone; South Tibetan Detachment System

Indexed keywords

CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS; DUCTILE SHEAR; FIELD GRADIENT; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HIMALAYAS; MICROSTRUCTURAL OBSERVATIONS; MT. EVEREST; SHEAR ZONE; SOUTHERN TIBET; TIBETAN PLATEAU; TIBETANS; U-PB DATING;

DEFORMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LEAD; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; RAMAN SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

PHASE EQUILIBRIA;

DEFORMATION; EXHUMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; METAMORPHISM; MODELING; PHASE EQUILIBRIUM; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SHEAR ZONE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TITANITE; URANIUM SERIES DATING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

CHINA; HIMALAYAS; KHUMBU HIMAL; MOUNT EVEREST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 79957853152     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: 15251314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1314.2011.00930.x     Document Type: Article

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