Contribution to the geology of the eastern Karakoram, India

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 328, Issue , 1999, Pages 33-46

  Sinha, Anshu K ^a,b   Rai, Hakim ^a   Upadhyay, Rajeev ^a   Chandra, Rakesh ^a  

^a WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

^b BIRBAL SAHNI INSTITUTE OF PALAEOBOTANY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY; LIME; MICA; MOLLUSCS; PLANT SHUTDOWNS; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTS; SHALE; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

GEOLOGICAL FORMATION; LATE CRETACEOUS; MAGMATIC INTRUSIONS; METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS; REDUCING ENVIRONMENT; SULFIDE MINERALIZATION; TECTONIC EVENTS; WATER SEDIMENTS;

METAMORPHIC ROCKS;

BATHOLITH; DEEP WATER; DEVONIAN-CARBONIFEROUS BOUNDARY; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MINERALIZATION; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SUTURE ZONE;

KARAKORAM;

EID: 84871956614     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2328-0.33     Document Type: Article

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