Constrains from Early Cretaceous volcaniclastic sandstones in Southern Tibet on a volcanic event in the Northern Margin of the Indian Continent

Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition)

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 501-510

  Chen, Lei ^a   Hu, Xiumian ^a   Huang, Zhicheng ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Early Cretaceous; Gucuo; Tibet; Volcanic event; Volcaniclastic sandstone

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; PETROGRAPHY; PROVENANCE; SANDSTONE; VOLCANIC ROCK; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; XIZANG;

EID: 34548095635     PISSN: 10009515     EISSN: 17556724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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