Coupled role of deformation and metamorphism in the construction of inverted metamorphic sequences: An example from far-northwest Nepal

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 513-535

  Yakymchuk, C ^b   Godin, L ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b University of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

Channel flow; Greater Himalayan sequence; Inverted metamorphic sequence; Tectonics; Thermobarometry

Indexed keywords

COMPETING MODELS; GREATER HIMALAYAN SEQUENCE; INVERTED METAMORPHIC SEQUENCE; LEADING EDGE; METAMORPHIC PRESSURE; MICROSTRUCTURE ANALYSIS; MIGMATITE; NUMERICAL PREDICTIONS; OPENING ANGLE; RECRYSTALLIZATION MECHANISMS; TECTONIC MODELS; THERMOBAROMETRY; TRANSITION ZONES;

CHANNEL FLOW; GARNETS; PRESSURE GRADIENT; QUARTZ; SILICATE MINERALS; TECTONICS;

METAMORPHIC ROCKS;

CHANNEL FLOW; DEFORMATION; METAMORPHISM; MICROSTRUCTURE; MIGMATITE; RECRYSTALLIZATION; TECTONICS;

HIMALAYAS; NEPAL;

EID: 84861938114     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: 15251314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1314.2012.00979.x     Document Type: Article

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