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Cenozoic Tectonics of Asia: Effects of a Continental Collision: Features of recent continental tectonics in Asia can be interpreted as results of the India-Eurasia collision

Péter Molnár, P. Tapponnier

Science · 1975 · 4,559 citations

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Molnár, P., & Tapponnier, P. (1975). Cenozoic tectonics of asia: Effects of a continental collision: Features of recent continental tectonics in asia can be interpreted as results of the india-eurasia collision. Science, 189(4201), 419–426. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.189.4201.419

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