Palaeo-altimetry of the late Eocene to Miocene Lunpola basin, central Tibet

Nature

Volumn 439, Issue 7077, 2006, Pages 677-681

  Rowley, David B ^a   Currie, Brian S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; ISOTOPES; OXYGEN;

MIOCENE LUNPOLA BASIN; OXYGEN-ISOTOPE-BASED ESTIMATES; PLATE-KINEMATIC SOLUTIONS; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

TECTONICS;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ISOTOPE; OXYGEN;

ALTIMETRY; PLATEAU; TERTIARY;

ARTICLE; ASIA; CHINA; EOCENE; FOSSIL; INDIA; KINEMATICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LUNPOLA BASIN; XIZANG;

EID: 32544447257     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04506     Document Type: Article

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