Discussion on subsidence history of the north Indian continental margin, Zanskar-Ladakh Himalaya, NW India

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 162, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 889-892

  Garzanti, Eduardo ^a   Sciunnach, D ^b   Gaetani, M ^c   Corfield, R I ^d,e   Watts, A B ^d   Searle, M P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b Struttura Sistema Informativo Territoriale   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; SUBSIDENCE;

EID: 24644447955     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-764905-011     Document Type: Note

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