Petrologic case for Eocene slab breakoff during the Indo-Asian collision

Geology

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 591-594

  Kohn, Matthew J ^a   Parkinson, Christopher D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Greater Himalayan sequence; Himalaya; Indo Asian collision; Slab breakoff

Indexed keywords

TOPOGRAPHY;

HEATING; LANDFORMS; ROCKS;

GEOLOGY;

CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; ECLOGITE; EOCENE; HIMALAYAN OROGENY; METAMORPHISM; PETROLOGY;

ASIA;

EID: 84879884684     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2002)030<0591:PCFESB>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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