Oligocene clay mineralogy of the Linxia Basin: Evidence of paleoclimatic evolution subsequent to the initial-stage uplift of the Tibetan Plateau

Clays and Clay Minerals

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 491-503

  Hong, Hanlie ^a   Li, Zhaohui ^b   Xue, Huijuan ^a   Zhu, Yunhai ^a   Zhang, Kexin ^a   Xiang, Shuyuan ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PARKSIDE   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Clay minerals; Linxia Basin; Oligocene; Palygorskite; Tibetan Plateau; Uplift

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; CLIMATE CHANGE; MINERALOGY; PETROLOGY; SEDIMENTS; TECTONICS;

CLASTIC MATERIALS; MINERAL ASSEMBLAGE; PALYGORSKITE;

CLAY MINERALS;

ILLITE; KAOLINITE; MINERALOGY; OLIGOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; UPLIFT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GANSU; LINXIA BASIN; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 36749039219     PISSN: 00098604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1346/CCMN.2007.0550504     Document Type: Article

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