Paleocurrent and fabric analyses of the imbricated fluvial gravel deposits in Huangshui Valley, the northeastern Tibetan Plateau, China

Geomorphology

Volumn 99, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 433-442

  Miao, Xiaodong ^a,b   Lu, Huayu ^a,c   Li, Zhen ^d   Cao, Guangchao ^d  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d QINGHAI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Gravel; Huangshui Valley; Northeastern Tibetan Plateau; River terrace

Indexed keywords

EOLIAN DEPOSIT; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GRAVEL; MIOCENE; PALEOCURRENT; PROVENANCE; RIVER TERRACE; UPLIFT;

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

EID: 44749092474     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.12.005     Document Type: Article

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