The Paleozoic tectonothermal evolution of the Bachu Uplift of the Tarim Basin, NW China: Constraints from (U-Th)/He ages, apatite fission track and vitrinite reflectance data

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 551-563

  Qiu, Nansheng ^a   Jiang, Guang ^a   Mei, Qinghua ^a   Chang, Jian ^a   Wang, Shengjun ^a   Wang, Jiyang ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

(U Th) He ages; Apatite fission track (AFT); Bachu Uplift; Equivalent vitrinite reflectance (Requ)

Indexed keywords

APATITE; CAMBRIAN; DEVONIAN; FISSION TRACK DATING; HELIUM ISOTOPE; ORDOVICIAN; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SOURCE ROCK; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THERMAL EVOLUTION; THERMAL MATURITY; THERMAL STRUCTURE; THORIUM ISOTOPE; UPLIFT; URANIUM ISOTOPE; VITRINITE REFLECTANCE; ZIRCON;

BACHU; CHINA; TARIM BASIN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 79955585395     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2011.02.008     Document Type: Article

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