Late Cretaceous to middle Tertiary basin evolution in the central Tibetan Plateau: Changing environments in response to tectonic partitioning, aridification, and regional elevation gain

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 119, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 654-680

  DeCelles, P G ^a   Kapp, P ^a   Ding, L ^b   Gehrels, G E ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Arid paleoclimate; Cretaceous; Paleogeography; Sedimentary basins; Tertiary; Tibet

Indexed keywords

ARID PALEOCLIMATE; BANGONG SUTURE ZONE; NIMA BASIN; PALEOGEOGRAPHY;

ARID REGIONS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SETTLING TANKS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

TECTONICS;

BASIN EVOLUTION; CRETACEOUS; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TERTIARY;

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

EID: 34249037365     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B26074.1     Document Type: Article

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