Problem of positioning paleogene eurasia: A review; efforts to resolve the issue; implications for the india-asia collision

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 149, Issue , 2004, Pages 23-35

  Ali, Jason R ^a   Aitchison, Jonathan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 84977982337     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/149GM02     Document Type: Chapter

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