The Benkar Fault Zone: An Orogen-Scale Cross Fault in the Eastern Nepal Himalaya

The Benkar Fault Zone (BFZ) is a recently recognized, NNE-striking, brittle to ductile, cross fault that cuts across the dominant metamorphic fabric of the Greater Himalayan Sequence (GHS) and the Lesser Himalayan Sequence (LHS) in eastern Nepal. 40Ar/39Ar-muscovite cooling ages along a transect acr...

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Main Authors: Bibek Giri, Mary Hubbard, Christopher S. McDonald, Neil Seifert, Bishal KC
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: GeoScienceWorld 2024-10-01
Series:Lithosphere
Online Access:https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsw/lithosphere/article-pdf/doi/10.2113/2024/lithosphere_2023_299/7009727/lithosphere_2023_299.pdf
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