Northeastward growth of the Tibet plateau deduced from balanced reconstruction of two depositional areas: The Qaidam and Hexi Corridor basins, China

Tectonics

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 823-842

  Métivier, François ^a   Gaudemer, Yves ^a   Tapponnier, Paul ^a   Meyer, Bertrand ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN FILL; EROSION; PLATEAU; SEDIMENTATION; THRUST; UPLIFT;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

CATCHMENTS; DEPOSITION; STRATIGRAPHY;

ACCUMULATION RATES; COMMON PROCESS; DEPOSITIONAL AREAS; EARLY PLIOCENE; MOUNTAIN RANGES; REGIONAL SIMILARITIES; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; THICKNESS RATIO;

BUDGET CONTROL;

EID: 0032419106     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98TC02764     Document Type: Article

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