Evolution of Mesozoic sandstone compositions, southern Junggar, northern Tarim, and western Turpan basins, Northwest China: A detrital record of the ancestral Tian Shan

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 520-532

  Hendrix, Marc S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MICA; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POROSITY; TECTONICS; TEXTURES;

ACCESSORY MINERALS; COARSE-GRAINED FLUVIAL; COMPOSITIONAL DATA; NORTHERN TARIM BASIN; NORTHWESTERN CHINA; PASSIVE CONTINENTAL MARGIN; POROSITY REDUCTION; SANDSTONE COMPOSITION;

SANDSTONE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; MESOZOIC; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTATION; TECTONIC SETTING;

CHINA;

EID: 0041684605     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/2DC40924-0E47-11D7-8643000102C1865D     Document Type: Article

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