Magnetostratigraphy of the late Cenozoic Laojunmiao anticline in the northern Qilian Mountains and its implications for the northern Tibetan Plateau uplift

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1040-1051

  Fang, Xiaomin ^a,b   Zhao, Zhijun ^b,c   Li, Jijun ^b   Yan, Maodu ^b   Pan, Baotian ^b   Song, Chunhui ^b   Dai, Shuang ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Jiuquan Basin; Magnetostratigraphy; Qilian Mountains; Qinghai Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTS;

JIUQUAN BASIN; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; QILIAN MOUNTAINS; QINGHAI-TIBETAN PLATEAU;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

ANTICLINE; CENOZOIC; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; UPLIFT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GANSU; JIUQUAN BASIN; QILIAN MOUNTAINS; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 33746342453     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/03yd0188     Document Type: Article

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