Gondwana to Asia: Plate tectonics, paleogeography and the biological connectivity of the Indian sub-continent from the Middle Jurassic through latest Eocene (166-35 Ma)

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 88, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 145-166

  Ali, Jason R ^a   Aitchison, Jonathan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Africa; Asia; biogeography; Gondwana; India; Madagascar; Tethys

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; COLLISION ZONE; CRETACEOUS; EOCENE; GONDWANA; HOT SPOT; JURASSIC; PALEOCENE; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PLATE TECTONICS; TETHYS;

AFRICA; ASIA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EURASIA; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR; SOUTH ASIA;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 43549116563     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2008.01.007     Document Type: Article

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