The Eastern prolongation of the Zanskar Shear Zone (Western Himalaya)

Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 193-212

  Epard, Jean Luc ^a   Steck, Albrecht ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Backfolds; Himalayan tectonics; Nappe tectonics; Normal faults; Shear zone; Synorogenic extension

Indexed keywords

EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; KINEMATICS; NAPPE; SHEAR ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; WORLD; ZANSKAR HIMALAYAS;

EID: 8644276218     PISSN: 00129402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00015-004-1116-7     Document Type: Article

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