Paleogene clockwise tectonic rotation of the Xining-Lanzhou region, northeastern Tibetan Plateau

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2004, Pages

  Dupont Nivet, G ^a,b   Horton, B K ^a   Butler, R F ^c   Wang, J ^d   Zhou, J ^e   Waanders, G L ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Paleomagnetism; Tectonics; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; PALEOMAGNETISM; PLATEAU; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC ROTATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 3242806656     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JB002620     Document Type: Article

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