Extraordinary transport and mixing of sediment across Himalayan central Gondwana during the Cambrian-Ordovician
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2010
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Myrow, Paul M
Hughes, Nigel C
Goodge, John W
Fanning, Christopher
Williams, Ian
Peng, S.-C.
Bhargava, Om N.
Parcha, Suraj K.
Pogue, Kevin R.
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Association of Engineering Geologists
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Detrital zircon samples from Cambrian and Lower to Middle Ordovician strata were taken across and along the strike of the Himalaya from Pakistan to Bhutan (~2000 km). By sampling rocks from one time interval for nearly the entire length of an orogen, and
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Keywords: Cambrians; Chemical weathering; Degree of mixing; Detrital zircon; Direct assessment; East africans; Equatorial positions; Himalayas; Indian Craton; Mixed sediments; Mountain belts; Ordovician; Pakistan; Pinjarra Orogen; Sediment dispersal; Sediment prove
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Geological Society of America Bulletin
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