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Early Oligocene partial melting in the Main Central Thrust Zone (Arun valley, eastern Nepal Himalaya)

Date

Authors

Groppo, Chiara

Rubatto, Daniela

Rolfo, Franco

Lombardo, Bruno

Publisher

Elsevier

Abstract

The Main Central Thrust Zone (MCTZ) is a key tectonic feature in the architecture of the Himalayan chain. In the Arun valley of the eastern Nepal Himalaya, the MCTZ is a strongly deformed package of amphibolite- to granulite-facies metapelitic schist and

Keywords

Keywords: amphibolite facies; anatexis; decompression; exhumation; geochronology; granulite facies; low grade metamorphism; migmatization; monazite; Oligocene; orthogneiss; P-T conditions; P-T-t path; partial melting; SHRIMP dating; tectonic evolution; tectonic set Himalaya; Main Central Thrust Zone; Monazite-zircon geochronology; Partial melting; Pseudosections

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/21097

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Lithos

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1016/j.lithos.2010.05.003

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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