Changes of detrital heavy minerals' composition in the Kuqa depression from cretaceous

Scientia Geologica Sinica

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 709-721

  Li, Shuangjian ^a   Shi, Yonghong ^b   Wang, Qingchen ^c   Li, Zhong ^c  

^a CHINA PETROLEUM AND CHEMICAL CORPORATION   (China)

^b HEFEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Basin mountain coupling; Garnet; Heavy minerals; The Kuqa Depression; The South Tianshan; Tourmaline

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRETACEOUS; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; GARNET; HEAVY MINERAL; NEOGENE; PALEOGENE; PROVENANCE; SUBSIDENCE; TOURMALINE; UPLIFT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KUQA DEPRESSION; TARIM BASIN; TIEN SHAN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 38849208431     PISSN: 05635020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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