Geological evidences for the Tibetan Plateau uplifted in Late Oligocene

Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition)

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 577-587

  Wu, Zhenhan ^a   Wu, Zhonghai ^a   Hu, Daogong ^a   Ye, Peisheng ^a   Zhou, Chunjing ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

Lacustrine strata; Sporopollen assemblage; Tibetan Plateau uplift; Vegetation change

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; CHRONOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; EOCENE; GEODYNAMICS; MIOCENE; OLIGOCENE; UPLIFT; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

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

EID: 34548139414     PISSN: 10009515     EISSN: 17556724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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