Geology of the Cenozoic Indus Basin sedimentary rocks: Paleoenvironmental interpretation of sedimentation from the western Himalaya during the early phases of India-Eurasia collision

Tectonics

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Henderson, Alexandra L ^a   Najman, Yani ^a   Parrish, Randall ^b   BouDagher Fadel, Marcelle ^c   Barford, Dan ^d   Garzanti, Eduardo ^e   Andò, Sergio ^e  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

CENOZOIC; EARLY MIOCENE; EURASIA; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; HIMALAYAS; INDIAN PLATE; INDUS RIVER; INTERMOUNTAIN BASINS; ISLAND ARC; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LATE MIOCENE; LATE OLIGOCENE; MARINE BASINS; MARINE INCURSION; MID-CRETACEOUS; PALEOCENE; PALEOGENE; RIVER SYSTEMS;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

CENOZOIC; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; EURASIAN PLATE; INDIAN PLATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SEDIMENTATION; SUTURE ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING;

HIMALAYAS;

EID: 78650424507     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009TC002651     Document Type: Article

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