A revised chronology for Tertiary sedimentation in the Sikouzi basin: Implications for the tectonic evolution of the northeastern corner of the Tibetan Plateau

Tectonophysics

Volumn 505, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 100-114

  Wang, Wei tao ^a   Zhang, Pei Zhen ^a   Kirby, Eric ^b   Wang, Li Hua ^c   Zhang, Guang Liang ^a   Zheng, De Wen ^a   Chai, Chi Zhang ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Magnetostratigraphy; Northeastern Tibetan Plateau; Sikouzi basin; Vertical axis rotation

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATES; BASIN FORMATION; CLOCKWISE ROTATION; COUNTER CLOCKWISE ROTATION; FAULT SYSTEM; GROWTH STRATA; IN-SITU; LARGE PARTS; LITHOFACIES; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; MIOCENE; MOUNTAIN RANGES; NORTHEASTERN TIBETAN PLATEAU; PLIOCENE; SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION; SIKOUZI BASIN; SPARSE PROXY DATA; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TIBETAN PLATEAU; TIME-PERIODS; VERTICAL-AXIS ROTATION;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY;

ROTATION;

ACCUMULATION RATE; BASIN EVOLUTION; CHRONOLOGY; FLUVIOLACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; LITHOFACIES; MAGNETIC DECLINATION; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; MIOCENE; OLIGOCENE; PALEOMAGNETISM; PLIOCENE; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENTATION; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TERTIARY; TOPOGRAPHY; UPLIFT;

CHINA; LIUPAN MOUNTAINS; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 79957812489     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2011.04.006     Document Type: Article

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