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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... Plate prior to Tertiary collision between the Indian and Asian Plates . Prior to collision between the Indian Plate and Kohistan , a series of ophiolitic sheets were obducted onto the northern and western margin of the Indian Plate ...
... Plate prior to Tertiary collision between the Indian and Asian Plates . Prior to collision between the Indian Plate and Kohistan , a series of ophiolitic sheets were obducted onto the northern and western margin of the Indian Plate ...
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... Indian Plate . Geochronologic data from a variety of sources indicate that peak metamorpism predated 47Ma with ... Indian and Asian plates is poorly constrained although most reasonable estimates place it at between 65 and 50 Ma ago ...
... Indian Plate . Geochronologic data from a variety of sources indicate that peak metamorpism predated 47Ma with ... Indian and Asian plates is poorly constrained although most reasonable estimates place it at between 65 and 50 Ma ago ...
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... Indian Plate along the Main Mantle Thrust ( MMT ) , a northerly - dipping south - vergent crustal - scale fault zone . As a result , the cover sediments of the Indian Plate were decoupled from the lower - to middle - crustal basement ...
... Indian Plate along the Main Mantle Thrust ( MMT ) , a northerly - dipping south - vergent crustal - scale fault zone . As a result , the cover sediments of the Indian Plate were decoupled from the lower - to middle - crustal basement ...
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