Climatic and tectonic uplift evolution since ~7 Ma in Gyirong basin, southwestern Tibet plateau: Clay mineral evidence

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1305-1315

  Hong, Hanlie ^a   Zhang, Kexin ^a   Li, Zhaohui ^b,c  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PARKSIDE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Clay minerals; Gyirong basin; Himalayas; Illite crystallinity; Late Miocene to Pliocene; Paleoclimate; Tibet plateau

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CLIMATE VARIATION; CRYSTALLINITY; GLOBAL CLIMATE; ILLITE; KAOLINITE; MIOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PLIOCENE; SMECTITE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; UPLIFT;

CHINA; GYIRONG BASIN; HIMALAYAS; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; XIZANG;

EID: 77955774360     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-009-0457-x     Document Type: Article

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