Early subduction-exhumation and late channel flow of the greater Himalayan sequence: Implications from the Yadong section in the eastern Himalaya

International Geology Review

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1184-1202

  Gong, Junfeng ^a   Ji, Jianqing ^a   Han, Baofu ^a   Chen, Jianjun ^a   Sun, Dongxia ^a   Li, Baolong ^a   Zhou, Jing ^a   Tu, Jiyao ^a   Zhong, Dalai ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

channel flow; exhumation; Greater Himalayan Sequence; high pressure granulite; subduction; Yadong section

Indexed keywords

BIOTITE; CHANNEL FLOW; COOLING; EXHUMATION; GNEISS; GRANITOID; GRANULITE FACIES; HIGH PRESSURE; HORNBLENDE; PARTIAL MELTING; RETROGRADE METAMORPHISM; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

CHINA; HIMALAYAS; XIZANG; YADONG;

EID: 84861794426     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00206814.2011.626604     Document Type: Review

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