Age of Initiation of the India Asia Collision in the East Central Himalaya: A Reply
In their comment, Li et al. (2006) take issue with our interpretations (Zhu et al. 2005) of the Cenozoic stratigraphic interval in the western part of the Zhepure Shan, southern Tibet. These disagreements are focused on the stratigraphic nomenclature, sedimentologic interpretations, and age determinations of Eocene and younger clastic rocks. As stated by Li et al. (2006) their primary concern is that the interpretations of Zhu et al. (2005) in part conflict with a study on the same stratigraphic interval published by Wang et al. (2002) Although Zhu et al. (2005) originally outlined the potential problems with the stratigraphic and sedimentologic interpretations of Wang et al. (2002) below we reiterate and clarify the reasoning behind our interpretations.
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