Magnetostratigraphy of Cenozoic sediments from the Xining Basin: Tectonic implications for the northeastern Tibetan Plateau

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 111, Issue 11, 2006, Pages

  Dai, Shuang ^a,b   Fang, Xiaomin ^a,b   Dupont Nivet, Guillaume ^c   Song, Chunhui ^a   Gao, Junping ^a   Krijgsman, Wout ^c   Langereis, Cor ^c   Zhang, Weilin ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; CENOZOIC; DEPOSITION; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; RED BED; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; XINING;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 33846906735     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JB004187     Document Type: Article

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