Lesser Himalayan crystalline nappes of Nepal: Problems of their origin

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 328, Issue , 1999, Pages 225-238

  Upreti, Bishal Nath ^a   Le Fort, Patrick ^b  

^a TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^b UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; EROSION; MICA; PILES;

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; GEOLOGIC HISTORY; HIGH-GRADE METAMORPHIC ROCKS; LESSER HIMALAYA; LOWER PALEOZOIC; MAIN CENTRAL THRUSTS; METAMORPHIC GRADE; THRUST TECTONICS;

METAMORPHIC ROCKS;

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; CRYSTALLINE ROCK; HIMALAYAN OROGENY; MARGINAL SEA; NAPPE; PALEOZOIC; RHIZOSPHERE; TECTONICS; THRUST FAULT;

HIMALAYAS; KARNALI; KATHMANDU VALLEY; NEPAL;

EID: 84871980493     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2328-0.225     Document Type: Article

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