Cenozoic tectonic evolution in the western Qaidam Basin inferred from subsurface data

Geosciences Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 335-344

  Wang, Yadong ^a   Nie, Junsheng ^b   Zhang, Tao ^b   Sun, Guoqiang ^a   Yang, Xin ^a   Liu, Yuhu ^a   Liu, Xingwang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

growth fault; shortening; tectonic layer; Tibet Plateau uplift; western Qaidam Basin

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651314104     PISSN: 12264806     EISSN: 15987477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12303-010-0033-1     Document Type: Article

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