The Punjab foreland basin of Pakistan: A reinterpretation of zircon fission-track data in the light of Miocene hinterland dynamics

Terra Nova

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 248-256

  Ruiz, Geoffrey M H ^a,c   Seward, Diane ^b  

^a GSC   (France)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c NONE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISSION TRACK DATING; FORELAND BASIN; MIOCENE; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; PAKISTAN; PUNJAB [PAKISTAN]; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33746241987     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2006.00686.x     Document Type: Article

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