Stratigraphic evidence for an early collision between northwest India and Asia

Richard Beck; Douglas W. Burbank; William J. Sercombe; Gregory W. Riley; Jeffrey K. Barndt; John R. Berry; Jamil Afzal; Asrar M. Khan; Hermann Jurgen; Jörgen Metje; Amjed Cheema; Nasseer A. Shafique; Robert D. Lawrence; Muhammad Asif Khan

doi:10.1038/373055a0

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GeologyPaleontologyCratonAccretionary wedgeTrenchCrustFibrous jointSubductionCollisionCenozoicPassive marginCretaceousTectonicsSeismologyRiftStructural basin

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Year: 1995
Type: article
Volume: 373
Issue: 6509
Pages: 55-58
Citations: 503
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                                    Richard Beck, 
                                
                                    Douglas W. Burbank, 
                                
                                    William J. Sercombe
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1995). 
                            Stratigraphic evidence for an early collision between northwest India and Asia. 
                            Nature
                            , 373
                            (6509)
                            , 55-58.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/373055a0
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/373055a0