A review of Himalayan stratigraphy, magmatism, and structure

AJ Martin - Gondwana Research, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The Himalayan Orogen consists of two rock packages that parallel the topographic
trend of the mountain belt between the eastern and western syntaxes. To avoid confusion …

Nature of the northern Indian plate margin during the assembly of supercontinent Columbia: was it a part of a double subduction?

P Phukon - Earth-Science Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Paleo-Mesoproterozoic Lesser Himalayan Crystalline Sequence (LHCS) of the
Himalayan orogen is critical in the understanding of pre-Himalayan tectonics in relation to …

An inter‐laboratory evaluation of OD‐3 zircon for use as a secondary U–Pb dating standard

H Iwano, Y Orihashi, T Hirata, M Ogasawara… - Island Arc, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Zircon OD‐3 from the P aleogene K awamoto G ranodiorite (M ihara body) in J apan has
been identified as a potential multi‐grain secondary standard for U–Pb dating. We have …

A comparison of 87Rb/87Sr and 40Ar/39Ar dates: evaluating the problem of excess 40Ar in Himalayan mica

KP Larson, M Button, S Shrestha, A Camacho - Earth and planetary …, 2023 - Elsevier
The problem of excess 40 Ar (Ar E) affecting 40 Ar/39 Ar dates, particularly in biotite, is a
long-standing issue in Himalayan geology. The development of in situ Rb-Sr dating presents …

U-Pb zircon ages and Sm-Nd isotopic characteristics of the Lesser and Great Himalayan sequences, Uttarakhand Himalaya, and their regional tectonic implications

PK Mukherjee, AK Jain, S Singhal, NB Singha… - Gondwana …, 2019 - Elsevier
Detrital zircons (DZ) and Nd isotopic characteristics constraint maximum depositional ages
of two distinct Paleoproterozoic and Neoproterozoic terranes across the Main Central Thrust …

Zircon U‐Pb ages and Hf isotopes of the Askot klippe, Kumaun, northwest India: Implications for Paleoproterozoic tectonics, basin evolution and associated …

S Mandal, DM Robinson, MJ Kohn, S Khanal… - …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Throughout the Himalayan thrust belt, klippen of questionable tectonostratigraphic affinity
occur atop Lesser Himalayan rocks. Integrated U‐Pb ages, Hf isotopic, and whole rock trace …

Spatial and temporal evolution of tectonometamorphic discontinuities in the central Himalaya: Constraints from P–T paths and geochronology

JM Wang, JJ Zhang, K Liu, B Zhang, XX Wang, SM Rai… - Tectonophysics, 2016 - Elsevier
Recent studies evoke dispute whether the Greater Himalayan Crystalline Complex (GHC)
was exhumed during more than one phase. This contribution investigates the timing of …

Reconstructing the Greater Indian margin: A balanced cross section in central Nepal focusing on the Lesser Himalayan duplex

DM Robinson, AJ Martin - Tectonics, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Across much of the Himalaya, rocks in the Lesser Himalayan duplex are covered by roof
thrusts of other Paleoproterozoic Lesser Himalayan rocks or Greater Himalayan rocks …

Lateral extrusion, underplating, and out-of-sequence thrusting within the Himalayan metamorphic core, Kanchenjunga, Nepal

TK Ambrose, KP Larson, C Guilmette… - …, 2015 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Integrated pseudosection modeling and monazite petrochronology of paragneiss from the
Kanchenjunga region of northeastern Nepal reveal the presence of cryptic …

Proterozoic crustal evolution of the Chotanagpur Granite Gneissic complex, Jharkhand-Bihar-West Bengal, India: current status and future prospect

S Mukherjee, A Dey, S Sanyal, P Sengupta - Tectonics and structural …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract The Chotanagpur Granite Gneiss Complex (CGGC) of the east Indian shield
records vestiges of deep-crustal processes over 1200 Myr of the Proterozoic Eon. In this …