A new Cretaceous age for the Saiqu "mélange," southern Tibet: evidence from Radiolaria

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 35-40

  Li, Guobiao ^a,b   Wan, Xiaoqiao ^a   Liu, Wencan ^a   Bucher, Hugo ^b   Li, Hongsheng ^c   Goudemand, Nicolas ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b PALÄONTOLOGISCHES INSTITUT UND MUSEUM   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Late Cretaceous; M lange; Microfossil; Radiolaria; Tibet; Zongzhuo Formation

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DATING METHOD; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; INDIAN PLATE; MELANGE; MICROFOSSIL; RADIOLARIA; SUBDUCTION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; XIZANG;

DICTYOMITRA; PSEUDODICTYOMITRA; THANARLA;

EID: 56249091731     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2008.03.001     Document Type: Article

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