Geometry and crustal shortening of the Himalayan fold-thrust belt, eastern and central Bhutan

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 123, Issue 7-8, 2011, Pages 1427-1447

  Long, Sean ^a   McQuarrie, Nadine ^a   Tobgay, Tobgay ^a   Grujic, Djordje ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ROOFS; STRATIGRAPHY;

BALANCED CROSS SECTIONS; CONVERGENCE RATES; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; FOLD-THRUST BELTS; MAIN CENTRAL THRUSTS; PALEOPROTEROZOIC; SOUTH-TO-NORTH; STRUCTURAL FEATURE;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

CONVERGENCE; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DETACHMENT FAULT; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; GEOMETRY; ORDOVICIAN; PARAMETERIZATION; PROTEROZOIC; SPATIAL VARIATION;

BHUTAN;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 79959297334     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30203.1     Document Type: Article

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