New constraints on the India - Asia collision: The Lower Miocene Gangrinboche conglomerates, Yarlung Tsangpo suture zone, SE Tibet

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 251-263

  Aitchison, Jonathan C ^a   Davis, Aileen M ^a   Badengzhu, ^b   Luo, Hui ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Tibet Geological Survey   (China)

^c NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Conglomerates; Indian Asia collision; Miocene; Yarlung Tsangpo suture zone

Indexed keywords

COLLISION; CONGLOMERATE; MIOCENE; STRATIGRAPHY; SUTURE ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

CHINA;

EID: 0037203218     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-9120(02)00037-8     Document Type: Article

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