Characteristics of Early Eocene radiolarian assemblages of the Saga area, southern Tibet and their constraint on the closure history of the Tethys

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 52, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 2108-2114

  Li, Yalin ^a   Wang, Chengshan ^a   Hu, Xiumian ^b   Bak, M ^c   Wang, Jinjun ^d   Chen, Lei ^b  

^a China University of Geosciences   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^d CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Deep sea deposit; Early Eocene; Radiolarian; Tethys; Tibet

Indexed keywords

BURYELLA CLINATA; RADIOLARIA (PROTOZOANS);

EID: 34547665196     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-007-0302-1     Document Type: Article

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