The cooling history of Cenozoic exhumation and uplift of the Taibai mountain, Qinling, China: Evidence from the apatite fission track (AFT) analysis

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2405-2414

  Liu, Jian Hui ^a   Zhang, Pei Zhen ^a   Zheng, De Wen ^a   Wan, Jing Lin ^a   Wang, Wei Tao ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Apatite fission track analysis; Extensional exhumation and uplift; The Taibai mountain Qinling; Thermal history

Indexed keywords

APATITE; CENOZOIC; COLLISION ZONE; EURASIAN PLATE; EXHUMATION; FISSION TRACK DATING; FOOTWALL; INDIAN PLATE; NORMAL FAULT; RIFT ZONE; UPLIFT;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; QINLING MOUNTAINS; SHAANXI; TAIBAI MOUNTAIN;

EID: 79957816181     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.0001-5733.2010.10.014     Document Type: Article

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