Evidence for Tibetan plateau uplift in Qaidam basin before Eocene-Oligocene boundary and its climatic implications

Journal of Earth Science

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 430-437

  Pei, Junling ^a   Sun, Zhiming ^a   Wang, Xisheng ^a   Zhao, Yue ^a   Ge, Xiaohong ^b   Guo, Xinzhuan ^b   Li, Haibing ^c   Si, Jialiang ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^b JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Eocene Oligocene boundary; Growth stratum; Magnetostratigraphy; Qaidam basin

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EOCENE-OLIGOCENE BOUNDARY; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; SEDIMENTATION RATE; UPLIFT;

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

EID: 70349971956     PISSN: 1674487X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12583-009-0035-y     Document Type: Article

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