Late Cenozoic Minjiang incision rate and its constraint on the uplift of the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau

Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition)

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 28-37

  Li, Yong ^a,b   Cao, Shuyou ^b   Zhou, Rongjun ^c   Densmore, A L ^d   Ellis, M A ^e  

^a CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Seismological Bureau of Sichuan Province   (China)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau; Incision rate; Minjiang River; Surface uplift rate; Terrace

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; INCISED VALLEY; UPLIFT;

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

EID: 22544469428     PISSN: 10009515     EISSN: 17556724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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