Direct dating of Eocene reverse faulting in northeastern Tibet using Ar-dating of fault clays and low-temperature thermochronometry

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 304, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 520-526

  Duvall, Alison R ^a   Clark, Marin K ^b   van der Pluijm, Ben A ^a   Li, Chuanyou ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Ar dating; Fault gouge; Thermochronometry; Tibet

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT TEMPERATURES; AR-DATING; AUTHIGENIC; AUTHIGENIC CLAYS; DATA SETS; FAULT GOUGE; FAULT ZONE; LOW TEMPERATURES; MIDDLE MIOCENE; POLYTYPES; REVERSE FAULTING; SIZE FRACTION; THERMAL WINDOWS; THERMOCHRONOLOGY; THERMOCHRONOMETRY; TIBET; TRIASSIC; VARIABLE POPULATION;

CLAY MINERALS;

ARGON-ARGON DATING; DATA SET; DEFORMATION; EOCENE; FAULT GOUGE; FAULT ZONE; FAULTING; LOW TEMPERATURE; TRIASSIC; WALL ROCK;

CHINA; XIZANG;

EID: 79953032558     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.02.028     Document Type: Article

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