Cenozoic sedimentary records and geochronological constraints of differential uplift of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1658-1672

  Zhang, Ke Xin ^a   Wang, Guo Can ^a   Cao, Kai ^a   Liu, Chao ^a   Xiang, Shu Yuan ^a   Hong, Han Lie ^a   Kou, Xiao Hu ^a   Xu, Ya Dong ^a   Chen, Fen Ning ^a   Meng, Yan Ning ^a   Chen, Rui Ming ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Cenozoic; Sedimentary records; Tectonic uplift; The Qinghai Tibet Plateau; Thermochronology

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; LANDFORMS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CENOZOIC; SEDIMENTARY RECORDS; TECTONIC UPLIFT; THE QINGHAI-TIBET PLATEAU; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

TECTONICS;

BASIN EVOLUTION; CENOZOIC; FACIES; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; PALEOGENE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SHALLOW WATER; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TERTIARY; THERMOCHRONOLOGY; UPLIFT;

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

EID: 55649121565     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-008-0132-2     Document Type: Article

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