Cenozoic deformation and history of sea-land interactions in Asia

Diqiu Kexue - Zhongguo Dizhi Daxue Xuebao/Earth Science - Journal of China University of Geosciences

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-18

  Wang, Pin Xian ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Asia; Cenozoic; Climate evolution; Continental deformation; Marginal sea; Sea land interaction

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; LANDFORMS; RIVERS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ASIA; CENOZOIC; CONTINENTAL DEFORMATION; MARGINAL SEA; SEA-LAND INTERACTIONS;

TECTONICS;

EID: 14844294774     PISSN: 10002383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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