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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... gneisses ( Butler and Prior , 1988 ) , and apparently very young migmatites ( Zeitler et al , 1993 ) have all been linked to large uplift rates with accompanying rapid erosion and perhaps tectonic exhumation . However , these basement ...
... gneisses ( Butler and Prior , 1988 ) , and apparently very young migmatites ( Zeitler et al , 1993 ) have all been linked to large uplift rates with accompanying rapid erosion and perhaps tectonic exhumation . However , these basement ...
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... gneisses . This metamorphic history is summarised in Fig . 2 . The Iskere orthogneisses show differences to the Shengus gneisses which are not due merely to bulk chemical differences . A typical Iskere gneiss assemblages is orthoclase ...
... gneisses . This metamorphic history is summarised in Fig . 2 . The Iskere orthogneisses show differences to the Shengus gneisses which are not due merely to bulk chemical differences . A typical Iskere gneiss assemblages is orthoclase ...
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... gneisses followed the same PT path as the Shengus gneisses during migmatisation , but that large - scale melt loss from the Iskere migmatites was insignificant , leading to complete back - reaction . The Shengus gneisses lost ...
... gneisses followed the same PT path as the Shengus gneisses during migmatisation , but that large - scale melt loss from the Iskere migmatites was insignificant , leading to complete back - reaction . The Shengus gneisses lost ...
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