Magnetostratigraphy and rock magnetism of the Neogene Kuitun He section (northwest China): Implications for Late Cenozoic uplift of the Tianshan mountains

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 230, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 177-192

  Charreau, Julien ^a   Chen, Yan ^a   Gilder, Stuart ^b   Dominguez, Stéphane ^c   Avouac, Jean Philippe ^d   Sen, Sevket ^e   Sun, Dongjiang ^f   Li, Yongan ^f   Wang, Wei Ming ^g  

^a UMR 7327   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^f Inst of Geology/Mineral Resources   (China)

^g NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

AMS; Magnetostratigraphy; Tianshan; Uplift

Indexed keywords

CONGLOMERATE; LINEAR MAGNETIZATION; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; SEDIMENTATION RATES;

CORRELATION METHODS; DEMAGNETIZATION; MAGNETISM; MAGNETITE; MAGNETIZATION; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTATION;

STRATIGRAPHY;

CENOZOIC; CONGLOMERATE; MAGNETITE; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTATION RATE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; UPLIFT;

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

EID: 12344323746     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.11.002     Document Type: Article

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