New constraints on the sedimentation and uplift history of the Andaman-Nicobar accretionary prism, South Andaman Island

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 436, Issue , 2008, Pages 223-255

  Allen, R ^a   Carter, A ^b   Najman, Y ^a   Bandopadhyay, P C ^c   Chapman, H J ^d   Bickle, M J ^d   Garzanti, E ^e   Vezzoli, G ^e   Ando S ^e   Foster, G L ^f   Gerring, C ^g  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^g OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accretionary wedge; Andaman; Arc; Provenance; Subduction; Thermochronology; Uplift

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPES; MICA; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; SEDIMENTS;

ACCRETIONARY WEDGE; ANDAMAN; PROVENANCE; SUBDUCTION; THERMOCHRONOLOGY; UPLIFT;

SEDIMENTATION;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; ARGON-ARGON DATING; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEPOSITION; OROGENY; PETROGRAPHY; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENTATION; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TERTIARY; TETHYS; THERMOCHRONOLOGY; UPLIFT;

ANDAMANS; ANDAMANS AND NICOBARS; BENGAL FAN; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDONESIAN SEAS; MYANMAR; PACIFIC OCEAN; SUNDA ARC;

EID: 75149123933     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2008.2436(11)     Document Type: Article

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