DISCOVERY OF DEVONIAN FAUNAS IN THE METAM ORPHIC FORMATIONS OF WESTERN HINDU-KUSH, IN AFGHANISTAN - IMPLICATIONS

Authors
BLAISE J BOULIN J BOUYX E LARDEUX H VACHARD D
Citation
J. Blaise et al., DISCOVERY OF DEVONIAN FAUNAS IN THE METAM ORPHIC FORMATIONS OF WESTERN HINDU-KUSH, IN AFGHANISTAN - IMPLICATIONS, Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie 2, Mecanique, physique, chimie, sciences de l'univers, sciences de la terre, 317(7), 1993, pp. 963-969
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Journal title
Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie 2, Mecanique, physique, chimie, sciences de l'univers, sciences de la terre → ACNP
ISSN journal
07644450
Volume
317
Issue
7
Year of publication
1993
Pages
963 - 969
Database
ISI
SICI code
0764-4450(1993)317:7<963:DODFIT>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
Small pelagic Tentaculites and a scarce microfauna discovered in cryst alline limestones confirm the Devonian age previously recognized for p art of the metamorphic formations in the southern slope of the Western Hindu Kush, in Afghanistan. Based on these discoveries, the age of me tamorphism and Palaeotethyan oceanic crust in the region is rediscusse d.