Proximal provenance of the western Songpan-Ganzi turbidite complex (Late Triassic, eastern Tibetan plateau): Implications for the tectonic amalgamation of China

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 208, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 36-44

  Zhang, Kai Jun ^a,b   Li, Bing ^a,c   Wei, Qing Guo ^a,c   Cai, Jian Xin ^a,c   Zhang, Yu Xiu ^a,c,d  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d China University of Geosciences   (China)

Author keywords

Collisional orogen; Qiangtang; Songpan Ganzi; Tibet; Turbidite; Upper Triassic

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; OROGENY; PHENGITE; PROVENANCE; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SOURCE ROCK; TECTONIC SETTING; TRIASSIC; TURBIDITE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QIANGTANG BASIN; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; SONGPAN-GANZI BASIN; XIZANG;

EID: 46249116169     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2008.04.008     Document Type: Article

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