Tectonics and sedimentation in the passive margin, trench, fore-arc and backarc areas of the indus suture zone in ladakh and karakorum: A review

Geodinamica Acta

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-11

  Sinha, Anshu K ^a   Upadhyay, Rajeev ^a  

^a WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

India eurasia collision; Ladakh

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846295147     PISSN: 09853111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09853111.1997.11105289     Document Type: Article

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