How was the Triassic Songpan-Ganzi basin filled? A provenance study

Tectonics

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Enkelmann, Eva ^a   Weislogel, Amy ^b   Ratschbacher, Lothar ^c   Eide, Elizabeth ^d   Renno, Axel ^c   Wooden, Joseph ^e  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; CONTINENTAL ARC; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; EXHUMATION; OROGENIC BELT; PROVENANCE; TRIASSIC; TURBIDITE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KUNLUN MOUNTAINS; NORTH CHINA BLOCK; QAIDAM BASIN; QILIAN MOUNTAINS; QINGHAI; QINLING MOUNTAINS; SICHUAN BASIN; SOUTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 36249031947     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006TC002078     Document Type: Article

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