Reconstructing the lost eastern tethys ocean basin: Convergence history of the se asian margin and marine gateways

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 149, Issue , 2004, Pages 37-54

  Heine, Christian ^a   Dietmar Muller R ^a   Gaina, Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 85009419898     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/149GM03     Document Type: Chapter

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