Speculations of the Early Cretaceous Yarlung Zangbo Palaeo-ophiolite in Southern Tibet

Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition)

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 12-14

  Wang, Chengshan ^a   Liu, Zhifei ^a   He, Zhengwei ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Early cretaceous; Giabulin formation; Tibet; Yarlung zangbo paleo ophiolite

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; OPHIOLITE; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC WEDGE; TETHYS;

CHINA; TIBET;

EID: 0032790714     PISSN: 10009515     EISSN: 17556724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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