Polyphase deformation, dynamic metamorphism, and metasomatism of Mount Everest's summit limestone, east central Himalaya, Nepal/Tibet

Lithosphere

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 38-57

  Corthouts, Travis L ^a   Lageson, David R ^a   Shaw, Colin A ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICA; MINERALOGY; OXIDE MINERALS; SILICATE MINERALS; TECTONICS;

BRITTLE DETACHMENT; CRUSTAL THICKENINGS; DEFORMATION TEMPERATURES; MICRO-STRUCTURAL; MINERAL ASSEMBLAGE; MOUNT EVEREST; SECONDARY PHASIS; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE;

LIMESTONE;

CRUSTAL THICKENING; DEFORMATION; FOLIATION; HIMALAYAN OROGENY; LIMESTONE; METASOMATISM; MICROSTRUCTURE; MUSCOVITE; MYLONITE; SECONDARY MINERAL; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SHEAR ZONE; TOURMALINE;

CHINA; HIMALAYAS; KHUMBU HIMAL; MOUNT EVEREST; NEPAL; XIZANG;

EID: 84958238317     PISSN: 19418264     EISSN: 19474253     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/L473.1     Document Type: Article

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