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 |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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GeoScienceWorld
2024-10-01
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| 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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