Stratigraphy of the Upper Cretaceous and Lower Tertiary strata in the Tethyan Himalayas of Tibet (Tingri area, China)

Geologische Rundschau

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 723-754

  Willems, H ^a   Zhou, Z ^b   Zhang, B ^b   Grafe K U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Biostratigraphy; Foraminifers; Indian shelf; Lithostra tigraphy; Lower Tertiary; Passive continental margin; Tethys Himalaya; Tibet; Upper Cretaceous

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; PASSIVE MARGIN; STRATIGRAPHY; TERTIARY; TETHYS;

CHINA, TIBET, TINGRI;

EID: 0030433763     PISSN: 00167835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02440107     Document Type: Article

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