A hiatus of 8 my duration in the Middle Jurassic with ammonite succession in Tethyan Himalaya (South Tibet)

Geobios

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 201-210

  Yin, Jiarun ^a   Callomon, John H ^b   Enay, Raymond ^c  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Ammonites; Discontinuity; Ferruginous Oolite Formation; Middle Jurassic; Sea level changes; Tibetan tethys

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; HIATUS; JURASSIC; TETHYS;

CHINA; HIMALAYAS; TIBET;

AMMONITES;

EID: 0033924099     PISSN: 00166995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-6995(00)80017-0     Document Type: Article

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