Paleocene-Eocene foreland basin evolution in the Himalaya of southern Tibet and Nepal: Implications for the age of initial India-Asia collision

Tectonics

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 824-849

  Decelles, P G ^a   Kapp, P ^a   Gehrels, G E ^a   Ding, L ^b  

^a The University of Arizona   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

foreland basin; Greater India basin; Himalayan thrust belt; India Asia collision; Indus Yarlung suture

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; LEAD; OCEAN CURRENTS; QUARTZ; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

FORELAND BASIN; GREATER INDIA BASIN; INDIA-ASIA COLLISION; INDUS-YARLUNG SUTURE; THRUST BELTS;

TECTONICS;

AGE DETERMINATION; BASIN EVOLUTION; COLLISION ZONE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRETACEOUS; FORELAND BASIN; GEOCHRONOLOGY; INDIAN PLATE; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PASSIVE MARGIN; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTARY PETROLOGY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; THRUST; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

CHINA; HIMALAYAS; INDUS-YARLUNG SUTURE ZONE; LHASA; NEPAL; XIZANG;

EID: 84902469624     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: 19449194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014TC003522     Document Type: Article

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