Paleocene‐Eocene foreland basin evolution in the Himalaya of southern Tibet and Nepal: Implications for the age of initial India‐Asia collision

G. DeCelles, Peter; Kapp, Paul; E. Gehrels, George; Ding, Lin

doi:10.1002/2014tc003522

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Paleocene‐Eocene foreland basin evolution in the Himalaya of southern Tibet and Nepal: Implications for the age of initial India‐Asia collision

Published in Tectonics • May 1, 2014

Authors:

Peter G. DeCelles

Paul Kapp

George E. Gehrels

Abstract

Abstract Siliciclastic sedimentary rocks derived from the southern Lhasa terrane, sitting depositionally upon rocks of the northern Indian passive continental margin, provide an estimate of the age of initial contact between the continental parts of the Indian and Asian plates. We report sedimentolo...

Subject

Geology

Provenance

Foreland basin

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