Collision-induced tectonism along the northwestern margin of the Indian subcontinent as recorded in the Upper Paleocene to Middle Eocene strata of central Pakistan (Kirthar and Sulaiman Ranges)

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 142, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 201-216

  Warwick, Peter D ^a   Johnson, Edward A ^b   Khan, Intizar H ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Geological Survey of Pakistan   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Balochistan; Depositional environments; Pakistan; Paleocene Eocene; Sedimentology; Tectonism

Indexed keywords

COLLISION ZONE; PALEOCENE; TECTONICS;

INDIA;

EID: 0032532822     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(98)00066-2     Document Type: Article

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