10th Himalaya-Karakoram-Tibet Workshop, Centro Stefano Franscini (The ETH Conference Center), Monte Verita, Ascona, Switzerland, 4-8 April, 1995: Including a Special Session on Geological Processes Related to Uplift, Exhumation and Elevation of the Himalaya, Karakoram, and Tibet1995 - Geology |
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... ductile shear zone . This shear zone is , however , heterogeneous : our and previous work ( Swapp & Hollister 1991 ) suggest that a thrust shear zone exists within the Tibetan slab , above the MCT . It is not clear whether the shear ...
... ductile shear zone . This shear zone is , however , heterogeneous : our and previous work ( Swapp & Hollister 1991 ) suggest that a thrust shear zone exists within the Tibetan slab , above the MCT . It is not clear whether the shear ...
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... ductile shearing and recumbent folding producing considerable thicknesses of blastomylonites ( Treloar et al . , 1989 ) . Later thrusts re - imbricated cover and basement rocks and led to further thickening of the Indian Plate as the ...
... ductile shearing and recumbent folding producing considerable thicknesses of blastomylonites ( Treloar et al . , 1989 ) . Later thrusts re - imbricated cover and basement rocks and led to further thickening of the Indian Plate as the ...
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... ductile deformation within the granitic and gneissic lithologies . Mica ' fish ' show ductile shearing into the C ' surfaces at the onset of extension and later brittle fracturing as the deformation continued . Feldspar porphyroclasts ...
... ductile deformation within the granitic and gneissic lithologies . Mica ' fish ' show ductile shearing into the C ' surfaces at the onset of extension and later brittle fracturing as the deformation continued . Feldspar porphyroclasts ...
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