The permian kuling group (Spiti, Lahaul and Zanskar; NW Himalaya) : Sedimentary evolution during rift/drift transition and initial opening of Neo-Tethys

Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 175-200

  Garzanti, Eduardo ^a   Angiolini, Lucia ^a   Sciunnach, Dario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brachiopods; Continental break up; Permian; Sandstone petrography; Stratigraphy; Tethys Himalaya; Transgressive arenites

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; KULING GROUP; PALAEOGEOGRAPHY; PERMIAN; SEDIMENTARY EVOLUTION; TETHYS;

ASIA, HIMALAYAS;

EID: 0030485046     PISSN: 00356883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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