Chronological dating and tectonic implications of late Cenozoic volcanic rocks and lacustrine sequence in Oiyug Basin of southern Tibet

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 275-283

  Chen, HeHai ^a,b   Han, JingTai ^a   Ding, ZhongLi ^a   Sun, HuiGuo ^a   Guo, ZhengFu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Beilun Entry Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau of China   (China)

Author keywords

K Ar dating; Late Cenozoic; Oiyug Basin; Paleomagnetic dating; Southern Tibet

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; PETROLOGY; SEDIMENTATION; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

CHRONOLOGICAL DATING; LACUSTRINE; PALEOMAGNETIC METHOD;

VOLCANIC ROCKS;

BASIN EVOLUTION; CENOZOIC; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; OROGENIC BELT; PALEOMAGNETISM; POTASSIUM-ARGON DATING; RECONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; VOLCANIC ROCK;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GYIRONG BASIN; OIYUG BASIN; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; XIZANG;

EID: 38549110083     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-008-0007-6     Document Type: Article

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