Fission track dating of the Cenozoic uplift in Mabian area, southern Sichuan Province, China

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1238-1247

  An, YanFen ^a   Han, ZhuJun ^a   Wan, JingLin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Apatite fission track; Fault activity; Mabian area; Southern Sichuan Province; Thermal history simulation; Uplift

Indexed keywords

GARNETS; HISTORY; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; PHOSPHATE MINERALS;

APATITE FISSION TRACK; CENOZOIC; EASTERN BOUNDARY; EVOLUTION HISTORY; FAULT ACTIVITY; FAULT ZONES; FISSION-TRACK DATING; LATE CENOZOIC; MABIAN AREA; SICHUAN PROVINCE; SOUTHERN SICHUAN PROVINCE; TECTONIC UPLIFT; THERMAL HISTORY SIMULATION; TIBETAN PLATEAU; UPLIFT;

FISSION REACTIONS;

APATITE; CENOZOIC; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FAULT ZONE; FISSION TRACK DATING; UPLIFT;

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

EID: 49749105927     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-008-0105-5     Document Type: Article

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