Late Cenozoic magnetochronology and paleoenvironmental changes in the northern foreland basin of the Tian Shan Mountains

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Sun, Jimin ^a   Xu, Qinghai ^b   Huang, Baochun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b HEBEI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FORELAND BASIN; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; TECTONIC SETTING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LOESS PLATEAU; TIEN SHAN;

AMARANTHACEAE; ARTEMISIA;

EID: 34250638543     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JB004653     Document Type: Article

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