Apatite thermochronometry within a knickzone near the Higher Himalaya front, central Nepal: No resolvable fault motion in the past one million years

Tectonics

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Nadin, Elisabeth S ^a   Martin, Aaron J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b University of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULTING;

AGE DIFFERENCES; APATITE FISSION TRACKS; COOLING RATES; EXHUMATION RATES; FISSION TRACK; HIMALAYAS; LANDSLIDE DAM; MAIN CENTRAL THRUSTS; NEAR-SURFACE; SLIP RATES; STUDY AREAS; THERMOCHRONOMETRY; TIME-AVERAGED;

APATITE;

AGE DETERMINATION; APATITE; EXHUMATION; FAULT ZONE; FAULTING; FISSION TRACK DATING; SLIP RATE; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

NEPAL;

EID: 84859336799     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011TC003000     Document Type: Article

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