Magnetostratigraphy of tertiary sediments from the Hoh Xil Basin: Implications for the Cenozoic tectonic history of the Tibetan Plateau

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 233-252

  Liu, Zhifei ^a,c   Zhao, Xixi ^b   Wang, Chengshan ^c   Liu, Shun ^c   Yi, Haisheng ^c  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Central Asia; Magnetostratigraphy; Tibet; Uplift

Indexed keywords

CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TERTIARY;

CHINA;

EID: 0043125645     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2003.01986.x     Document Type: Article

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