Sedimentology, provenance and geochronology of the upper Cretaceous-lower Eocene western Xigaze forearc basin, southern Tibet

Basin Research

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 387-411

  Orme, Devon A ^a   Carrapa, Barbara ^a   Kapp, Paul ^a  

^a The University of Arizona   (United States)

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DISCOCYCLINA; FORAMINIFERA; NUMMULITES;

EID: 84934809673     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: 13652117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bre.12080     Document Type: Article

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