Integrated provenance analysis of a complex orogenic terrane: Mesozoic uplift of the Bogda Shan and inception of the Turpan-Hami basin, NW China

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 251-267

  Greene, Todd J ^a,b   Carroll, Alan R ^c   Wartes, Marwan ^c   Graham, Stephan A ^a   Wooden, Joseph L ^d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; DEPOSITS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; NEODYMIUM ALLOYS; SAMARIUM ALLOYS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; VOLCANOES;

CRUSTAL COMPOSITION; GEOCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; ISOTOPIC VARIATIONS; ISOTOPICALLY ENRICHED; LACUSTRINE DEPOSITS; PROVENANCE ANALYSIS; PROVENANCE STUDIES; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL CHANGES;

SANDSTONE;

BASIN EVOLUTION; MESOZOIC; OROGENIC BELT; PROVENANCE; UPLIFT;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HAMI BASIN; TURPAN BASIN; WORLD; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 14844360516     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2005.019     Document Type: Review

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