Upper Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous stratigraphy in south-eastern Tibet: a comparison with the western Himalayas

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 301-315

  Hu, Xiumian ^a   Jansa, Luba ^b   Wang, Chengshan ^c  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c China University of Geosciences   (China)

Author keywords

Lower Cretaceous; South eastern Tibet; Stratigraphy; Tethys Himalaya; Upper Jurassic

Indexed keywords

ARENITE; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; JURASSIC-CRETACEOUS BOUNDARY; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HIMALAYAS; XIZANG;

EID: 41149097111     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2007.05.005     Document Type: Article

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