Minimum age of initiation of collision between India and Asia North of Everest based on the subsidence history of the Zhepure Mountain section

Journal of Geology

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 229-235

  Rowley, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 0001703418     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/516018     Document Type: Article

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