Vast early Miocene lakes of the central Tibetan plateau

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 120, Issue 9-10, 2008, Pages 1326-1337

  Zhenhan, Wu ^a   Barosh, Patrick J ^b   Zhonghai, Wu ^a   Daogong, Hu ^a   Xun, Zhao ^a   Peisheng, Ye ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^b PJ Barosh and Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Central Tibetan plateau; Early Miocene; Lacustrine strata; Miocene spores and pollen; Miocene topography; Paleoclimate; Vast lakes; Wudaoliang group

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL TIBETAN PLATEAU; EARLY MIOCENE; LACUSTRINE STRATA; MIOCENE SPORES AND POLLEN; MIOCENE TOPOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; VAST LAKES; WUDAOLIANG GROUP;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CURING; DEWATERING; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; INTERCONNECTION NETWORKS; SANDSTONE;

LAKES;

DEPOSITION; DOLOSTONE; LAKE; LIMESTONE; MARL; MIOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALYNOLOGY; PLIOCENE; SANDSTONE; SPORE; STRATIGRAPHY; UPLIFT;

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

EID: 54849434231     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B26043.1     Document Type: Article

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