STRATIGRAPHY OF THE CHIKKIM AND FATU LA FORMATIONS IN THE ZANGLA AND ZUMLUNG UNITS (ZANSKAR RANGE, INDIA) WITH COMPARISONS TO THE THAKKHOLA REGION (CENTRAL NEPAL) : MID-CRETACEOUS EVOLUTION OF THE INDIAN PASSIVE MARGIN

Detailed biostratigraphic study of mid-Cretaceous Tethys Himalayan pelagic units shed new light on the evolution of the northern India passive continental margin. After a major episode of alkaline  magmatism recorded from Zanskar to Nepal in the Early Cretaceous, condensed glauco-phosphorites were d...

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Main Authors: ISABELLA PREMOLI SILVA, EDUARDO GARZANTI, MAURZIO GAETANI
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Università degli Studi di Milano 2017-08-01
Series:Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia
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Online Access:https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/RIPS/article/view/8961