The Tethys Himalayan passive margin from Late Triassic to Early Cretaceous (South Tibet)

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 173-194

  Jadoul, Flavio ^a   Berra, Fabrizio ^a   Garzanti, Eduardo ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESOZOIC; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PASSIVE MARGIN; TETHYS;

CHINA;

EID: 0032448541     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0743-9547(98)00013-0     Document Type: Article

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