Detrital chromian spinels record tectono-magmatic evolution from Carboniferous rifting to Permian spreading in Neotethys (India, Nepal and Tibet)

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Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 101-110

  Sciunnach, Dario ^a   Garzanti, Eduardo ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Break up; Chromian spinel; Gondwana; Late Paleozoic; Neo Tethys; Rift magmatism; Sedimentary petrology

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; CHROME SPINEL; CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; DETRITAL MINERAL; GONDWANA; NEOTETHYS; PERMIAN; RIFTING;

CHINA, TIBET; INDIA, HIMALAYAS; NEPAL;

EID: 0031454503     PISSN: 03912612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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