Comment on "When and where did India and Asia collide?" by Jonathan C. Aitchison, Jason R. Ali, and Aileen M. Davis

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Garzanti, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

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EID: 45149096475     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JB005276     Document Type: Note

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