Discovery of Jurassic ammonoids from the Shyok suture zone to the northeast of Chang La Pass, Ladakh, northwest India and its tectonic significance

Island Arc

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 124-132

  Ehiro, Masayuki ^a   Kojima, Satoru ^b   Sato, Tadashi ^c   Ahmad, Talat ^d   Ohtani, Tomoyuki ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c FUKADA GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Ammonoid; Himalaya; Jurassic; Ladakh Arc; Shyok suture zone; Tsoltak Formation

Indexed keywords

AMMONITE; BASEMENT ROCK; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CALLOVIAN; CHRONOLOGY; FOSSIL; SANDSTONE; SUTURE ZONE;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; LADAKH HIMALAYAS; SOUTH ASIA;

AMMONOIDEA; MACROCEPHALITES;

EID: 33847062454     PISSN: 10384871     EISSN: 14401738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1738.2007.00562.x     Document Type: Article

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