Stratigraphic and sedimentological constraints on the age and tectonic evolution of the Neotethyan ophiolites along the Yarlung Tsangpo suture zone, Tibet

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 218, Issue , 2004, Pages 147-164

  Aitchison, Jonathan C ^a   Davis, Aileen M ^a   Abrajevitch, Alexandra V ^a   Ali, Jason R ^a   Badengzhu, ^b   Liu, Jianbing ^a   Luo, Hui ^a   McDermid, Isabella R C ^a   Ziabrev, Sergey V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Tibet Geological Survey   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; JURASSIC; OPHIOLITE; SUBDUCTION; TETHYS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; XIZANG;

RADIOLARIA (PROTOZOANS);

EID: 2942612065     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2003.218.01.09     Document Type: Article

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