Tien Shan, Pamir, and Tibet: History and geodynamics of phanerozoic oceanic basins

Geotectonics

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 388-404

  Burtman, V S ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEODYNAMICS; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOGENE; PHANEROZOIC; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

CHINA; INDIA; PAMIRS; TIEN SHAN; UTTAR PRADESH; XIZANG;

EID: 77957987802     PISSN: 00168521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S001685211005002X     Document Type: Article

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