Lower Cretaceous strata in the Lhasa Terrane, Tibet, with implications for understanding the early tectonic history of the Tibetan Plateau

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 77, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 809-825

  Leier, Andrew L ^a,b   DeCelles, Peter G ^a   Kapp, Paul ^a   Gehrels, George E ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; DEPOSITION; LEAD ALLOYS; LIME; REEFS; RIVERS; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS; STRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANIC ROCKS; ZIRCON;

CRUSTAL DEFORMATIONS; MEANDERING RIVERS; MODAL COMPOSITION; QIANGTANG TERRANE; SEDIMENTARY CHARACTERISTICS; SEDIMENTARY STRATA; STRATIGRAPHIC DATA; TECTONIC HISTORY;

URANIUM ALLOYS;

CONGLOMERATE; CRETACEOUS; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; DEPOSITION; FORELAND BASIN; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

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

EID: 35448979586     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2007.078     Document Type: Article

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