Back folds in the core of the Himalayan orogen: An alternative interpretation

Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 151-154

  Godin, Laurent ^a   Brown, Richard L ^a   Hanmer, Simon ^a,b   Parrish, Randall ^c,d  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LEAD ALLOYS; URANIUM ALLOYS;

BALANCED CROSS SECTIONS; FAN STRUCTURE; HIMALAYAN OROGEN; INDUCED STRUCTURES; REGIONAL SCALE; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; STRUCTURAL OBSERVATIONS; U-PB GEOCHRONOLOGY;

SHEARING;

CONTRACTION; FOLDING; HIMALAYAN OROGENY;

HIMALAYAS; NEPAL;

EID: 84879881220     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1999)027<0151:BFITCO>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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