20 years of geological mapping of the metamorphic core across Central and Eastern Himalayas

R Carosi, C Montomoli, S Iaccarino - Earth-Science Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
The largest crystalline unit representing the mid-crust in the Himalayan belt is the Greater
Himalayan Sequence (GHS) which stretches all over the 2400 km of length of the belt. The …

[PDF][PDF] Mesozoic–Cenozoic geological evolution of the Himalayan-Tibetan orogen and working tectonic hypotheses

P Kapp, PG DeCelles - American Journal of Science, 2019 - ajsonline.org
The Himalayan-Tibetan orogen culminated during the Cenozoic India--Asia collision, but its
geological framework and initial growth were fundamentally the result of multiple, previous …

Potential, premises, and pitfalls of interpreting illite argon dates-A case study from the German Variscides

M Hueck, K Wemmer, AK Ksienzyk, R Kuehn… - Earth-Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract K-Ar and Ar/Ar illite geochronology are powerful and versatile tools that can be
used to provide age constraints on diverse geological processes such as diagenesis …

Discovery of the large-scale Eocene Xiwu Pb–Zn–Ag deposit in the Tethyan Himalaya: Geochronology, geochemistry, and C–H–O–S–Pb–Sr–Nd isotopes

HW Cao, QM Pei, X Yu, M Santosh, GM Li, LK Zhang… - Gondwana …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The known Pb–Zn–Sb–Au polymetallic deposits in the Himalaya mainly formed
during the main-collisional convergence (65–41 Ma) and post-collisional crustal extension …

Tectonometamorphic discontinuities within the Greater Himalayan Sequence in Western Nepal (Central Himalaya): Insights on the exhumation of crystalline rocks

C Montomoli, S Iaccarino, R Carosi, A Langone… - Tectonophysics, 2013 - Elsevier
The core of the Greater Himalayan Sequence in the Mugu-Karnali area (Western Nepal) is
affected by a thick shear zone with development of nearly 4 km of mylonites (Mangri shear …

Eocene magmatism in the Tethyan Himalaya, southern Tibet

L Zeng, LE Gao, S Tang, K Hou, C Guo… - … Society, London, Special …, 2015 - lyellcollection.org
Recent studies in the Yardoi gneiss dome of the Tethyan Himalaya, southern Tibet
demonstrated that the Himalayan orogenic belt experienced a major episode of crustal …

Pressure–temperature–time–deformation path of kyanite-bearing migmatitic paragneiss in the Kali Gandaki valley (Central Nepal): Investigation of Late Eocene–Early …

S Iaccarino, C Montomoli, R Carosi, HJ Massonne… - Lithos, 2015 - Elsevier
Kyanite-bearing migmatitic paragneiss of the lower Greater Himalayan Sequence (GHS) in
the Kali Gandaki transect (Central Himalaya) was investigated. In spite of the intense …

Tectonometamorphic discontinuities in the Greater Himalayan Sequence: a local or a regional feature?

C Montomoli, R Carosi, S Iaccarino - Geological Society, London …, 2015 - lyellcollection.org
Abstract The Greater Himalayan Sequence (GHS) is one of the major tectonic units of the
Himalaya running for more than 2400 km along-strike. It has been considered as a coherent …

Towards a higher comparability of geothermometric data obtained by Raman spectroscopy of carbonaceous material. Part I: evaluation of biasing factors

NK Lünsdorf, I Dunkl, BC Schmidt… - Geostandards and …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Raman spectroscopy of carbonaceous material (RSCM) is frequently used to determine
metamorphic peak temperatures from the structural order of carbonaceous material …

U-Pb zircon geochronology of major lithologic units in the eastern Himalaya: Implications for the origin and assembly of Himalayan rocks

AAG Webb, A Yin, CS Dubey - Bulletin, 2013 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract Models for the origin and deformation of Himalayan rocks are dependent upon
geometric and age relationships between major units. We present field mapping and U-Pb …