Mesozoic-Cenozoic tectonic transition in Kuqa Depression-Tianshan, Northwest China: Evidence from sandstone detrital and geochemical records

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1387-1402

  Li, Zhong ^a   Guo, Hong ^b   Wang, Daoxuan ^c   Lin, Wei ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b CHINA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION   (China)

^c HEFEI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Basin range; Depositional record; Kuqa depression; Mesozoic Cenozoic; Tectonic transition; Tianshan

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; DEPOSITION; GYPSUM; SANDSTONE; WEATHERING;

DEPOSITIONAL RECORDS; DETRITAL HEAVY MINERALS; KUQA DEPRESSION; PALEOCLIMATIC; PHASE EVOLUTION;

TECTONICS;

BASIN EVOLUTION; CENOZOIC; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; GEOCHEMISTRY; HEAVY MINERAL; INTERFACE; MESOZOIC; SANDSTONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TRANSITION ZONE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KUQA DEPRESSION; TARIM BASIN; TIEN SHAN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 33845746363     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/03yd0475     Document Type: Article

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