Integrated analyses constraining the provenance of sandstones, mudstones, and conglomerates, a case study: The Laojunshan conglomerate, Qilian orogen, northwest China

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 961-986

  Yan, Zhen ^a   Xiao, Wenjiao ^b   Wang, Zongqi ^a   Li, Jilian ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

CONGLOMERATES; MUDSTONES; SILTSTONES; VOLCANIC CLASTS;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

ACCRETION; CLAST; CONGLOMERATE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEVONIAN; FOREARC BASIN; GEOCHEMISTRY; GRANITOID; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MUDSTONE; OROGENIC BELT; PALEOCURRENT; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PROVENANCE; SANDSTONE; SILTSTONE; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING;

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

EID: 35448967052     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E07-010     Document Type: Article

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