Extraordinary transport and mixing of sediment across Himalayan central Gondwana during the Cambrian-Ordovician

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Authors

Paul M. Myrow · Colorado College

Nigel C. Hughes · University of California, Riverside

John W. Goodge · University of Minnesota, Duluth

C. Mark Fanning · Australian National University

Ian S. Williams · Australian National University

Shanchi Peng · Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology

O. N. Bhargava

Abstract

Detrital zircon samples from Cambrian and Lower to Middle Ordovician strata were taken across and along the strike of the Himalaya from Pakistan to Bhutan (~2000 km). By sampling rocks from one time interval for nearly the entire length of an orogen, and

Topics & Keywords

Geological formations and processes Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geology and Paleoclimatology Research

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Life below water

Publication Details

Published in: Geological Society of America Bulletin

Volume 122, Issue 9-10, pp. 1660-1670

DOI: 10.1130/b30123.1

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