Magnetostratigraphy of the Yaha section, Tarim Basin (China): 11 Ma acceleration in erosion and uplift of the Tian Shan mountains

Geology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 181-184

  Charreau, Julien ^a   Gilder, Stuart ^b   Chen, Yan ^a   Dominguez, Stéphane ^c   Avouac, Jean Philippe ^d   Sen, Sevket ^e   Jolivet, Marc ^c   Li, Yongan ^f   Wang, Weiming ^g  

^a UMR 7327   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^f Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources   (China)

^g NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Erosion; Magnetostratigraphy; Tarim; Tian Shan; Uplift

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; ROCK MAGNETIC STUDY; TIAN SHAN MOUNTAINS; MAGNETIC CHARACTERISTIC; SEDIMENTARY RECORDS; SEDIMENTATION RATES; STEADY STATE GEOMETRY; TARIM; TIAN SHAN; UPLIFT;

CATCHMENTS; EROSION; GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; ROCKS; SEDIMENTATION; LITHOLOGY;

STRATIGRAPHY; EROSION;

EROSION; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; UPLIFT; ACCELERATION; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; EXHUMATION; MAGNETIC FIELD; OROGENY; SEDIMENTATION RATE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; TIEN SHAN; CHINA; INDIA; TARIM BASIN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 33645227991     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G22106.1     Document Type: Article

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