Tectono-thermal evolution of the Junggar Basin, NW China: Constraints from R0 and apatite fission track modelling

Petroleum Geoscience

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 361-372

  Nansheng, Qiu ^a,b   Ming, Zha ^c   Xulong, Wang ^d   Haibo, Yang ^d  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

^d Xinjiang Petroleum Administration   (China)

Author keywords

Apatite fission track; Heat flow; Junggar Basin; Tectonic subsidence; Tectono thermal evolution; Vitrinite reflectance

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THERMAL REGIME;

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

EID: 27944509645     PISSN: 13540793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1354-079304-655     Document Type: Article

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