New biostratigraphic data from the Cretaceous Bolinxiala Formation in Zanda, southwestern Tibet of China, and their paleogeographic and paleoceanographic implications

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1005-1018

  Li, Guobiao ^a,b   Jiang, Ganqing ^b   Hu, Xiumian ^c   Wan, Xiaoqiao ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bolinxiala Formation; Oceanic red beds; Planktonic foraminifera; Southern Tibet; Tethyan Himalaya; Upper Cretaceous

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CRETACEOUS; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; XIZANG; ZANDA BASIN;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 67349221201     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2009.03.005     Document Type: Article

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