Mesozoic deep-water slope/rise sedimentation and volcanism along the North-Indian passive margin: Evidence from the Karamba Complex, Indus suture zone (Western Ladakh Himalaya)

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 195-215

  Robertson, Alastair ^a   Sharp, Ian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESOZOIC; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PASSIVE MARGIN; SEDIMENTATION; VOLCANISM;

ASIA;

EID: 0032445804     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0743-9547(98)00010-5     Document Type: Article

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