Paleogene-Neogene stratigraphic realm and sedimentary sequence of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and their response to uplift of the plateau

Science China Earth Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1271-1294

  Zhang, Ke Xin ^a   Wang, Guo Can ^a   Ji, Jun Liang ^a   Luo, Man Sheng ^a   Kou, Xiao Hu ^a   Wang, Yue Ming ^b   Xu, Ya Dong ^a   Chen, Fen Ning ^c   Chen, Rui Ming ^c   Song, Bo Wen ^a   Zhang, Jian Yu ^a   Liang, Yin Ping ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b Mineral Exploration and Development   (China)

^c XI AN INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

Paleogene Neogene; Qinghai Tibet Plateau; remnant basin; sedimentary evolution; stratigraphic realm

Indexed keywords

NEO GENES; QINGHAI TIBET PLATEAU; REMNANT BASIN; SEDIMENTARY EVOLUTION; STRATIGRAPHIC REALM;

BIOLOGY; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

STRATIGRAPHY;

BASIN EVOLUTION; COLLISION ZONE; NEOGENE; PALEOGENE; PLATEAU; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; UPLIFT;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 77956797719     PISSN: 16747313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-010-4048-2     Document Type: Article

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