Tectonic and environmental evolution of Gyirong Basin, and its relationship to the uplift of Tibetan Plateau

Beijing Daxue Xuebao (Ziran Kexue Ban)/Acta Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Pekinensis

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 79-89

  Wang, Dechao ^a   Zhang, Jinjiang ^a   Yang, Xiongying ^a   Qi, Guowei ^a  

^a Peking University   (China)

Author keywords

Coupling between tectonics and climate; Gyirong basin; Late Cenozoic; Uplift of Tibetan plateau

Indexed keywords

EID: 61349101795     PISSN: 04798023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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