Various types of olistostromes in a closing ocean basin, Tethyan Himalaya (Cretaceous, Tibet)

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 104, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 203-226

  Liu, Guanghua ^a   Einsele, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; CRETACEOUS; DEBRIS FLOW; OLISTOSTROME; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

CHINA, TIBET, HIMALAYAS;

EID: 0030482596     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0037-0738(95)00129-8     Document Type: Article

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