Radiolarian age constraints on Mesotethyan ocean evolution, and their implications for development of the Bangong-Nujiang suture, Tibet

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 166, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 689-694

  Baxter, Alan T ^a   Aitchison, Jonathan C ^a   Zyabrev, Sergey V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b KOSYGIN INSTITUTE OF TECTONICS AND GEOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBIAN; APTIAN; BASIN EVOLUTION; FOSSIL RECORD; JURASSIC; LIMESTONE; MELANGE; RADIOLARIA; SUTURE ZONE; TAXONOMY; TETHYS;

ASIA; BANGONG CO-NUJIANG SUTURE ZONE; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LHASA; XIZANG;

ORBITOLINIDAE;

EID: 69949119759     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492008-128     Document Type: Article

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