Pattern and timing of late Cenozoic rapid exhumation and uplift of the Helan Mountain, China

Science China Earth Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 345-355

  Liu, Jian Hui ^a   Zhang, Pei Zhen ^a   Zheng, De Wen ^a   Wan, Jin Lin ^a   Wang, Wei Tao ^a   Du, Peng ^b   Lei, Qi Yun ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b Seismological Bureau of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region   (China)

Author keywords

Apatite fission track; Cooling history; Exhumation characteristic; Helan Mountain

Indexed keywords

APATITE FISSION TRACKS; CENOZOIC; COOLING HISTORY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEFORMATION HISTORY; DISCRETE PHASE; EXTENSIONAL STRESS; GRABEN SYSTEMS; LATE CENOZOIC; NORTH CHINA CRATON; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRACK LENGTHS;

ANNEALING; APATITE; DEFORMATION; FISSION REACTIONS; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TECTONICS;

LANDFORMS;

CENOZOIC; COOLING; EXHUMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULTING; FISSION TRACK DATING; OROGENY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; UPLIFT;

CHINA; HELAN MOUNTAINS;

EID: 77950426569     PISSN: 16747313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-010-0016-0     Document Type: Article

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