Cenozoic sediments in the southern Tarim Basin: Implications for the uplift of northern Tibet and evolution of the Taklimakan Desert

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 342, Issue , 2010, Pages 67-78

  Zheng, Hongbo ^a   Tada, Ryuji ^b   Jia, Juntao ^c   Lawrence, Colin ^d   Wang, Ke ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c Tongji University   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; ARIDIFICATION; CENOZOIC; CONGLOMERATE; DESERT; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; GRAIN SIZE; LITHOFACIES; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; MIOCENE; NEOGENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PALEOMAGNETISM; PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY; RED BED; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; UPLIFT;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; TAKLIMAKAN DESERT; TARIM BASIN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

ZANCLEA;

EID: 77955999534     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP342.6     Document Type: Article

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