Palaeomagnetism of cretaceous to tertiary sediments from southern Tibet: Evidence for the extent of the northern margin of India prior to the collision with Eurasia

Tectonophysics

Volumn 259, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 259-284

  Patzelt, A ^a   Li, Huamei ^b   Wang, Junda ^b   Appel, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLISION; CRETACEOUS; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; PALAEOLATITUDE; PALAEOMAGNETISM; TERTIARY;

CHINA, TIBET;

EID: 0030455786     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0040-1951(95)00181-6     Document Type: Article

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