Late Neogene loess deposition in southern Tarim Basin: Tectonic and palaeoenvironmental implications

Tectonophysics

Volumn 375, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 49-59

  Zheng, Hongbo ^a,b   Powell, Chris McA ^c   Butcher, Katherine ^c   Cao, Junji ^b  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Loess; Pleistocene; Pliocene; Taklimakan Desert; Tarim Basin; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

EOLIAN DEPOSIT; FACIES ANALYSIS; LOESS; NEOGENE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TECTONIC SETTING; UPLIFT;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; TAKLIMAKAN DESERT; TARIM BASIN; TIBETAN PLATEAU; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 0242490341     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(03)00333-0     Document Type: Article

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