Cenozoic thrust system and uplifting of the Tanggula Mountain, northern Tibet

Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition)

Volumn 80, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1118-1130

  Li, Yalin ^a   Wang, Chengshan ^a   Yi, Haisheng ^b   Liu, Zhifei ^c   Li, Yong ^b  

^a China University of Geosciences   (China)

^b CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cenozoic; Foreland basin; Qinghai Tibet plateau; Tanggula Mountain; Thrust system

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EOCENE; FORELAND BASIN; OLIGOCENE; THRUST; UPLIFT;

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

GAINA;

EID: 33846026751     PISSN: 10009515     EISSN: 17556724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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