Simultaneous Miocene Extension and Shortening in the Himalayan Orogen

The South Tibetan detachment system separates the high-grade metamorphic core of the Himalayan orogen from its weakly metamorphosed suprastructure. It is thought to have developed in response to differences in gravitational potential energy produced by crustal thickening across the mountain front. G...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 1992-11, Vol.258 (5087), p.1466-1470
Hauptverfasser:	Hodges, K. V., Parrish, R. R., Housh, T. B., Lux, D. R., Burchfiel, B. C., Royden, L. H., Chen, Z.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Cooling Geology Geology, Stratigraphic Granite Metamorphism Minerals Miocene Miocene Epoch Monazites Morphotectonics Orogens Plutons Shear zones Stratigraphy Tectonics
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