Constraints of (U-Th)/He ages on early Paleozoic tectonothermal evolution of the Tarim Basin, China

Science China Earth Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 964-976

  Qiu, NanSheng ^a   Wang, JiYang ^b   Mei, QingHua ^a   Jiang, Guang ^a   Tao, Cheng ^c  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c SINOPEC   (China)

Author keywords

(U Th) He ages; Apatite fission track; Equivalence vitrinite reflectance; Tarim Basin; Tectonothermal evolution

Indexed keywords

APATITE FISSION TRACKS; CAMBRIANS; DEVONIANS; EARLY PALEOZOIC; EFFECTIVE TOOL; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENTS; MODELING RESULTS; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOZOIC; PALEOZOIC STRATA; PETROLEUM EXPLORATION; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SOURCE ROCKS; STRATIGRAPHIC SEQUENCES; TARIM BASIN; TECTONIC EVENTS; THERMAL EVOLUTION; THERMAL HISTORY; THERMOCHRONOMETRY; TRIASSIC; VITRINITE REFLECTANCE;

ANNEALING; APATITE; FISSION REACTIONS; HELIUM; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; REFLECTION; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SILICATE MINERALS; STRATIGRAPHY; THERMAL GRADIENTS; THERMOANALYSIS; WELLS; ZIRCON;

BIOLOGY;

FISSION TRACK DATING; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; PALEOZOIC; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SOURCE ROCK; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THERMAL EVOLUTION; URANIUM SERIES DATING; VITRINITE REFLECTANCE;

CHINA; TARIM BASIN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 77954538290     PISSN: 16747313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-010-4004-1     Document Type: Article

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