Magnetostratigraphy of sediments from the Yumu Shan, Hexi Corridor and its implications regarding the Late Cenozoic uplift of the NE Tibetan Plateau

Quaternary International

Volumn 236, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 13-20

  Liu, Dongliang ^a,b   Yan, Maodu ^b   Fang, Xiaomin ^a,b,c   Li, Haibing ^a   Song, Chunhui ^c   Dai, Shuang ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; MOUNTAIN REGION; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTATION; UNCONFORMITY; UPLIFT;

CHINA; GANSU; HEXI CORRIDOR; QILIAN MOUNTAINS; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 79953685592     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2010.12.007     Document Type: Article

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