Temporal variations of Mesozoic sandstone compositions in the Qiangtang block, northern Tibet (China): Implications for provenance and tectonic setting

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 76, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1035-1048

  Zhang, Kai Jun ^a,b   Zhang, Yu Xiu ^a,c   Xia, Bang Dong ^b   He, You Bin ^d  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d YANGTZE UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXIDE MINERALS; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; RECYCLING; SANDSTONE; SILICATE MINERALS; TECTONICS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ZIRCON;

CONTINENTAL BLOCKS; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; QIANGTANG BLOCK; SANDSTONE COMPOSITION; SANDSTONE SAMPLES; TECTONIC SETTINGS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; UPPER TRIASSIC;

MINERAL RESOURCES;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; MESOZOIC; OROGENY; PROVENANCE; SANDSTONE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRIASSIC;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; XIZANG;

EID: 33749432417     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2006.089     Document Type: Article

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