Apatite fission track evidences for neogene tectono-thermal history in Nimu area, southern Gangdese Terrane, Tibet plateau

Yuanzineng Kexue Jishu/Atomic Energy Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 570-573

  Yuan, Wan Ming ^a   Dong, Jin Quan ^b   Bao, Zeng Kuan ^b   Zhu, Bing Yu ^c,d,e  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (China)

^c GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^d National 305 Project Office of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region   (China)

^e INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Cooling uplifting; Fission track; Gangdese terrane; Tectonics; Thermal history

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; APATITE; COOLING; FISSION REACTIONS; HISTORY; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; SEDIMENTATION;

APATITE FISSION-TRACK; COMPRESSIONAL; COOLING-UPLIFTING; FAR FIELD EFFECTS; FISSION TRACK; GANGDESE TERRANE; NEO GENES; PLIOCENE; RAPID COOLING; RELATIVE STABILITIES; SAMPLE COOLING; SEDIMENTATION RATES; SINGLE PEAK; SURFACE EVOLUTIONS; TECTONICS; THERMAL HISTORY; TIBET PLATEAU; TRACK LENGTHS;

STAGES;

EID: 48549097915     PISSN: 10006931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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