Tectonics of the Nanga Parbat syntaxis and the western Himalaya: An introduction

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 170, Issue , 2000, Pages 1-6

  Treloar, Peter J ^a   Searle, Michael P ^b   Khan, M Asif ^c   Jan, M Qasim ^c  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PESHAWAR   (Pakistan)

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EID: 80053368883     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2000.170.01.01     Document Type: Article

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