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SPECIAL PAPER 547

Structural and Thermal Evolution of the Himalayan
Thrust Belt in Midwestern Nepal
Special Paper 547 By P.G. DeCelles, B. Carrapa, T.P. Ojha, G.E. Gehrels,
Structural and Thermal Evolution of
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the Himalayan Thrust Belt in Midwestern Nepal Spanning eight kilometers of topographic relief, the Himalayan fold-thrust belt
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in Nepal has accommodated more than 700 km of Cenozoic convergence
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