U-Pb dating of detrital zircon grains in the Paleocene Stumpata Formation, Tethyan Himalaya, Zanskar, India

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 82, Issue , 2014, Pages 80-89

  Clift, Peter D ^a,b   Carter, Andrew ^c   Jonell, Tara N ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collision; Himalaya; Ophiolite; Provenance; Volcanism; Zircon

Indexed keywords

COLLISION ZONE; EOCENE; MESOZOIC; OPHIOLITE; PALEOCENE; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; VOLCANISM; ZIRCON;

HIMALAYAS; INDIA; ZANSKAR HIMALAYAS;

EID: 84892461558     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2013.12.014     Document Type: Article

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