Mesozoic-Cenozoic tectonic relationships between the Kuqa subbasin and Tian Shan, northwest China: Constraints from depositional records

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 172, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 223-249

  Li, Zhong ^a   Song, Wenjie ^b   Peng, Shoutao ^a   Wang, Daoxuan ^c   Zhang, Zhongpei ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b TARIM OILFIELD COMPANY   (China)

^c HEFEI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Climatic change; Detrital record; Kuqa subbasin; Mesozoic Cenozoic; Tectonic uplift; Tian Shan

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; CLIMATE CHANGE; MESOZOIC; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; UPLIFT;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; TIEN SHAN; WORLD;

EID: 10844279781     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2004.09.002     Document Type: Article

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