Petrochronologic record of metamorphism and melting in the upper greater Himalayan sequence, Manaslu- Himal Chuli Himalaya, West-Central Nepal

Lithosphere

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 379-392

  Larson, Kyle P ^a   Cottle, John M ^b   Godin, Laurent ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; LEAD ALLOYS; MONAZITE; TERNARY ALLOYS; THORIUM ALLOYS; URANIUM ALLOYS;

CONCEPTUAL MODEL; GROWTH HISTORY; MELT CRYSTALLIZATION; MIDDLE MIOCENE; MOUNTAIN RANGES; STRUCTURAL LEVELS; THERMO-MECHANICAL; U-TH-PB MONAZITE AGES;

PHOSPHATE MINERALS;

CHRONOLOGY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CRYSTALLIZATION; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MELTING; METAMORPHIC FACIES; METAMORPHISM; METAPELITE; MIOCENE; MONAZITE; MOUNTAIN REGION; TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHY; THERMOMECHANICS; THORIUM ISOTOPE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

HIMALAYAS; NEPAL;

EID: 84855595758     PISSN: 19418264     EISSN: 19474253     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/L149.1     Document Type: Article

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