The late Miocene through present paleoelevation history of southwestern Tibet

American Journal of Science

Volumn 309, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-42

  Saylor, J E ^a,c   Quade, J ^a   Dettman, D L ^a   DeCelles, P G ^a   Kapp, P A ^a   Ding, L ^b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; ELEVATION; FOSSIL; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; MIOCENE; NEOGENE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

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

MOLLUSCA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 61349086642     PISSN: 00029599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2475/01.2009.01     Document Type: Article

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