Constraints on India-Eurasia collision in the Arabian Sea region taken from the Indus Group, Ladakh Himalaya, India

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 195, Issue , 2002, Pages 97-116

  Clift, Peter D ^a   Carter, Andrew ^b   Krol, Michael ^c   Kirby, Eric ^d  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c BRIDGEWATER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLISION; EURASIAN PLATE; INDIAN PLATE; PALEOGENE; STRATIGRAPHY; SUTURE ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIA;

EID: 0037004922     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2002.195.01.07     Document Type: Article

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