Flattening the Bhutan Himalaya

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 349-350, Issue , 2012, Pages 67-74

  Corrie, Stacey L ^a   Kohn, Matthew J ^a   McQuarrie, Nadine ^b   Long, Sean P ^c  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bhutan; Flattening; Himalaya; Strain; Thermobarometry

Indexed keywords

BHUTAN; FIELD GRADIENT; FIRST-ORDER; FLATTENING; HIMALAYAS; MAXIMUM PRESSURE; MICROSTRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRAIN INCOMPATIBILITY; STRUCTURAL FEATURE; TECTONIC PROCESS; THERMOBAROMETRY; TIBETANS;

STRAIN; TECTONICS;

GARNETS;

EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GARNET; GEOBAROMETRY; OROGENY; P-T CONDITIONS; SLAB; STRAIN; TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHY; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

BHUTAN; HIMALAYAS;

EID: 84864406310     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.07.001     Document Type: Article

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