Rongbuk re-visited: Geochronology of leucogranites in the footwall of the South Tibetan Detachment System, Everest Region, Southern Tibet

Lithos

Volumn 227, Issue , 2015, Pages 94-106

  Cottle, John M ^a   Searle, Michael P ^b   Jessup, Micah J ^c   Crowley, James L ^d   Law, Richard D ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^d BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Himalaya; Leucogranite; Monazite; South tibetan detachment

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; FOOTWALL; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GNEISS; GRANITE; LEUCOGRANITE; MONAZITE; NORMAL FAULT; SILICATE; SILL;

CHINA; HIMALAYAS; KHUMBU HIMAL; MOUNT EVEREST; RONGBUK GLACIER; XIZANG;

EID: 84928139495     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: 18726143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2015.03.019     Document Type: Article

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