Reply to comment by Eduardo Garzanti on "When and where did India and Asia collide"

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Aitchison, Jonathan C ^a   Ali, Jason R ^a   Davis, Aileen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 45149110152     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JB005431     Document Type: Note

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