Provenance of the Liuqu Conglomerate in southern Tibet: A Paleogene erosional record of the Himalayan-Tibetan orogen

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 231, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 74-84

  Wang, Jian Gang ^a   Hu, Xiu Mian ^a   Wu, Fu Yuan ^b   Jansa, Luba ^c,d  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Detrital geochronology; Erosion; Hf isotope provenance; Himalayan Tibetan orogen; Liuqu Conglomerate; Southern Tibet

Indexed keywords

DETRITAL GEOCHRONOLOGY; HF ISOTOPE PROVENANCE; LIUQU CONGLOMERATE; SOUTHERN TIBET; TIBETANS;

EROSION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HAFNIUM; ISOTOPES; LEAD; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

CONGLOMERATE; DEPOSITION VELOCITY; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; EROSION RATE; FOREARC BASIN; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HAFNIUM; HIMALAYAN OROGENY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LEAD ISOTOPE; MOLASSE; OLIGOCENE; PALEOGENE; PLATE BOUNDARY; PROVENANCE; SUTURE ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING; URANIUM ISOTOPE;

INDUS-YARLUNG SUTURE ZONE;

EID: 77957955243     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2010.09.004     Document Type: Article

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