Age of initial collision of India with Asia: Review and constraints from sediments in southern Tibet

Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition)

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 24-33

  Wang, Chengshan ^a   Li, Xianghui ^a   Hu, Xiumian ^a  

^a CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Collision type delta; Greater India; Initial collision age; Sedimentary evolution; Sr C stable isotope; Tibet

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CRETACEOUS; MARINE SEDIMENT; PALEOGENE; PLATE TECTONICS;

ASIA; INDIA;

EID: 0041887392     PISSN: 10009515     EISSN: 17556724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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