Upper cretaceous oceanic red beds in southern Tibet: Lithofacies, environments and colour origin

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 785-795

  Hu, Xiumian ^a   Wang, Chengshan ^b   Li, Xianghui ^c   Jansa, Luba ^d  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b China University of Geosciences   (China)

^c CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lithofacies; Oceanic red beds; Red colour; Sedimentary environment; Southern Tibet; Upper Cretaceous

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; GEOCHEMISTRY; LITHOLOGY; MINERALOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; PETROLOGY; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

LITHOFACIES; OCEANIC RED BEDS;

ROCKS;

BEDFORM; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRETACEOUS; FORAMINIFERA; LITHOFACIES; MICROFOSSIL; MINERALOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RADIOLARIA; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENTARY PETROLOGY; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; XIZANG;

EID: 33750975371     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-006-0785-7     Document Type: Article

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