Quaternary celestine and gypsum extensional veins in a folded hypersaline lake infill: The Qaidam Basin, Western China

Austrian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 81-91

  Neubauer, Franz ^a   Liu, Yongjiang ^b   Genser, Johann ^a   Rieser, Andrea Brigitte ^a,c   Friedl, Gertrude ^a   Ge, Xiaohong ^b   Thöni, Martin ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NAGRA   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Brine; Celestine; Extensional vein; Qaidam basin; Sr isotopic stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

CELESTINE; CLASTIC ROCK; FOLDING; GYPSUM; INFILL; LIMESTONE; QUATERNARY; STRATIGRAPHY; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; VEIN (GEOLOGY);

CHINA; QAIDAM BASIN; QINGHAI;

EID: 78650482912     PISSN: 20727151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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