Neotectonic constraints on the Gaxun Nur inland basin in north-central China, derived from remote sensing, geomorphology and geophysical analyses

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 353, Issue , 2011, Pages 221-233

  Hartmann, Kai ^a   Wünnemann, Bernd ^a,b   Hölz, Sebastian ^c   Kraetschell, Anna ^c   Zhang, Hucai ^d  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^d NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTER; BASIN EVOLUTION; DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; ELECTROMAGNETIC METHOD; FIELD SURVEY; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE DYNAMICS; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; NEOTECTONICS; PALEOCLIMATE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STRESS FIELD; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONIC SETTING;

CHINA; GAXUN LAKE; GOBI DESERT; NEI MONGGOL; QILIAN MOUNTAINS; TIEN SHAN;

EID: 79953104570     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP353.11     Document Type: Article

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