Miocene Bahean stratigraphy in the Longzhong Basin, northern central China and its implications in environmental change

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1270-1279

  Li, Jijun ^a,b   Zhang, Jun ^a   Song, Chunhui ^a   Zhao, Zhijun ^b   Zhang, Yong ^a   Wang, Xiuxi ^a   Zhang, Jianming ^a   Cui, Qiaoyu ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bahean stage; Longzhong Basin; Magnetostratigraphy; Neogene; Yaodian Formation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOMAGNETISM; LANDFORMS; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHIC CHRONOLOGY; NEOTECTONISM; PAELOMAGNETIC DATING;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DENUDATION; FACIES ANALYSIS; FORMATION MECHANISM; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; MAMMAL; MIOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOMAGNETISM; PLIOCENE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GANSU; LONGZHONG BASIN; QINGHAI; TIANSHUI;

HIPPARION; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33846538441     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-006-2057-y     Document Type: Article

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