Sedimentary features and tectono-environmental significance of the Miocene stromatolites in western Qaidam Basin

Scientia Geologica Sinica

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 547-557

  Wen, Zhifeng ^a   Zhong, Jianhua ^a   Liu, Yuntian ^b   Liu, Zuhan ^c   Wu, Kongyou ^a   Wang, Guanmin ^a   Li , Yong ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

^b CHINA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION   (China)

^c HUNAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Miocene; Sedimentary environments; Stromatolites and their types; The Qaidam Basin

Indexed keywords

MIOCENE; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; STROMATOLITE; TECTONICS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QAIDAM BASIN; QINGHAI;

EID: 33646172735     PISSN: 05635020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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