Paleo-elevation of the Tibetan Plateau inferred from carbon and oxygen isotopes of lacustrine deposits

Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition)

Volumn 81, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1277-1288

  Wu, Zhenhan ^a   Zhao, Xun ^a   Ye, Peisheng ^a   Wu, Zhonghai ^a   Hu, Daogong ^a   Zhou, Chunjing ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon and oxygen isotopes; Lacustrine deposits; Mean annual temperature; Paleoelevation; The Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; ELEVATION; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MIOCENE; OLIGOCENE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PLIOCENE; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; UPLIFT;

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

EID: 38849150409     PISSN: 10009515     EISSN: 17556724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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