Uplift of northwest margin of Tibetan plateau: Indicated by zircon LA ICP-MS U-Pb dating of conglomerate from Mazartagh, Tarim basin

Journal of Earth Science

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 401-416

  Si, Jialiang ^a   Li, Haibing ^a   Pei, Junling ^b   Pan, Jiawei ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

Detrital zircon; LA ICP MS; Mazartagh; Northwest margin; Tibetan plateau; Uplift

Indexed keywords

CONGLOMERATE; DENUDATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; OROGENIC BELT; PLIOCENE; UPLIFT; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; TARIM BASIN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 70349969803     PISSN: 1674487X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12583-009-0033-0     Document Type: Article

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