Discovery and significance of Cretaceous fossils from the Xigaze forearc basin, Tibet

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 217-223

  Xiaoqiao, Wan ^a   Luo, Wang ^a   Chengshan, Wang ^b   Jansa, Luba ^c  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b Chengdu Institute of Technology   (China)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CRETACEOUS; FLYSCH; FOREARC BASIN;

CHINA;

EID: 13044279484     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0743-9547(98)00012-9     Document Type: Article

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