Cenozoic tectonic evolution of Qaidam basin and its surrounding regions (Part 1): The southern Qilian Shan-Nan Shan thrust belt and northern Qaidam basin

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 120, Issue 7-8, 2008, Pages 813-846

  Yin, An ^a,b   Dang, Yu Qi ^c   Wang, Li Cun ^c   Jiang, Wu Ming ^c   Zhou, Su Ping ^c   Chen, Xuan Hua ^d   Gehrels, George E ^e   McRivette, Michael W ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Qinghai Oilfield Company   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^e University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Nan Shan; Qaidam basin; Qilian Shan; Thrust tectonics; Tibetan plateau

Indexed keywords

ALTYN TAGH FAULT; BASIN FORMATION; CENOZOIC; CROSS SECTIONING; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; CRUSTAL THICKENINGS; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; CRYSTALLINE BASEMENT; DENSE NETWORKS; DEPOCENTERS; EASTWARD PROPAGATION; GEOLOGIC MAPPING; NAN SHAN; PALEOCENE; QAIDAM BASIN; QILIAN SHAN; SEISMIC REFLECTIONS; SURROUNDING REGIONS; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THRUST BELTS; THRUST LOADING; THRUST SYSTEM; THRUST TECTONICS; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; HEALTH; MECHANISMS; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; SEDIMENTATION; SUGAR (SUCROSE); TRIANGULATION;

TECTONICS;

BASIN EVOLUTION; CENOZOIC; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; CRUSTAL THICKENING; DEPOCENTER; EOCENE; FORELAND BASIN; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; PALEOCENE; PALEOMAGNETISM; SEISMIC REFLECTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THRUST;

ALTYN TAGH FAULT ZONE; ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QAIDAM BASIN; QILIAN MOUNTAINS; QINGHAI; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 49749136545     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B26180.1     Document Type: Article

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