Stratigraphic and paleomagnetic evidence of mid-Pleistocene rapid deformation and uplift of the NE Tibetan Plateau

Tectonophysics

Volumn 486, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 108-119

  Liu, Dongliang ^a   Fang, Xiaomin ^a,b   Song, Chunhui ^b   Dai, Shuang ^b   Zhang, Tao ^b   Zhang, Weilin ^a   Miao, Yunfa ^a   Liu, Yongqian ^a   Wang, Jiuyi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Angular unconformity; Jiuquan Basin; Jiuquan Gravels; Magnetostratigraphy; Uplift of the Tibetan Plateau; Yumen Conglomerates

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR UNCONFORMITY; JIUQUAN; JIUQUAN BASIN; JIUQUAN GRAVELS; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

GRAVEL; PLASMA JETS; SEDIMENTS; SOILS; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CARBON ISOTOPE; CLIMATE VARIATION; CONGLOMERATE; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; GRAVEL; LOESS; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOMAGNETISM; PLATEAU; PLEISTOCENE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEDIMENTATION RATE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; UNCONFORMITY; UPLIFT;

CHINA; GANSU; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

STILOSTOMELLA;

EID: 77952011811     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2010.01.014     Document Type: Article

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