Late Cenozoic high-resolution magnetostratigraphy in the Kunlun Pass Basin and its implications for the uplift of the northern Tibetan Plateau

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 50, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 1912-1922

  Song, Chunhui ^a   Gao, Dongling ^a,b   Fang, Xiaomin ^a,c   Cui, Zhijiu ^d   Li, Jijun ^a   Yang, Shengli ^c   Jin, Hongbo ^a   Burbank, Douglas ^e   Kirschvink, Joseph L ^f  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b QINGHAI INSTITUTE OF SALT LAKES   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Kunlun Pass Basin; Late Cenozoic; Magnetostratigraphy; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749821731     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/03wd0314     Document Type: Article

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