Preliminary observations on the geomorphic evolution of the Guide Basin, Qinghai Province, China: implications for the uplift of the northeast margin of the Tibetan Plateau

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 162, Issue , 1999, Pages 183-200

  Fothergill, P A ^a   Ma, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; FAULTING; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; NEOTECTONICS; TECTONICS;

CHINA;

EID: 0033392937     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.162.01.15     Document Type: Article

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