Apatite fission track evidence for Neogene uplift in the eastern Kunlun Mountains, northern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 847-856

  Yuan, Wanming ^a   Dong, Jinquan ^a   Shicheng, Wang ^a   Carter, Andrew ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apatite fission track; exhumation; Kunlun Mountains; Neogene; Qaidam Basin

Indexed keywords

APATITE; DENUDATION; DEPOSITION; EXHUMATION; FAULTING; FISSION TRACK DATING; HOST ROCK; MODELING; NEOGENE; SEDIMENTATION RATE; UPLIFT;

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

EID: 33748087839     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2005.09.002     Document Type: Article

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