Cenozoic basin development and its indication of plateau growth in the Xunhua-Guide district

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2007, Pages 277-291

  Liu, ShaoFeng ^a,b,c   Zhang, GuoWei ^d   Heller, P L ^e  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c Key Lab of Lithosphere Tectonics and Lithoprobing Tech of the Min of Education Univ of Geosci   (China)

^d NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Basin mountain evolution; Cenozoic basins; Plateau growth; Provenance analysis; Xunhua Guide district

Indexed keywords

EROSION; LANDFORMS; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

BASIN-MOUNTAIN EVOLUTION; CENOZOIC BASINS; PLATEAU GROWTH; PROVENANCE ANALYSIS;

CATCHMENTS;

AGGRADATION; ALLUVIAL FAN; BASIN EVOLUTION; CENOZOIC; DEPOSITION; FORELAND BASIN; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; OLIGOCENE; PALEOCURRENT; PLATEAU; PROVENANCE; THRUST; UPLIFT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LAJI MOUNTAINS; QINGHAI; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; QINLING MOUNTAINS;

EID: 38149077379     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-007-6012-3     Document Type: Article

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