Tectonic uplift in the northern Tibetan Plateau since 13.7 Ma ago inferred from molasse deposits along the Altyn Tagh Fault

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 235, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 641-653

  Sun, Jimin ^a   Zhu, Rixiang ^a   An, Zhisheng ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Altyn Tagh Fault; Cenozoic molasse deposits; Magnetostratigraphy; Northern Tibet; Tectonic uplift

Indexed keywords

ROCK DENUDATION; SEDIMENT DEPOSITION; TECTONIC UPLIFT; THRUST SYSTEM;

MOLASSES; ROCK MECHANICS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

TECTONICS;

CENOZOIC; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; MOLASSE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; UPLIFT;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; WORLD;

EID: 21344432362     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2005.04.034     Document Type: Article

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