Thermochronological constraint to the processes of the East Kunlun and adjacent areas in Mesozoic-Early Cenozoic

Diqiu Kexue - Zhongguo Dizhi Daxue Xuebao/Earth Science - Journal of China University of Geosciences

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Wang, Guo Can ^a   Xiang, Shu Yuan ^a   Wang, An ^a   Garver, John I ^b   Wintsch, Robert P ^c   Zhang, Ke Xin ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNION COLLEGE   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

East Kunlun; Mesozoic Early Cenozoic; Thermochronology

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; EARTH SCIENCES; FISSION REACTIONS; GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

EAST KUNLUN; KUMLUN BLOCK; MESOZOIC-EARLY CENOZOIC; QIANGTANG BLOCK; THERMAL EVENT; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

EID: 35348968951     PISSN: 10002383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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