Eocene to Pliocene exhumation history of the Tianshui-Huicheng region determined by Apatite fission track thermochronology: Implications for evolution of the northeastern Tibetan Plateau margin

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 97-110

  Wang, Xiuxi ^a,b   Zattin, Massimiliano ^c   Li, Jijun ^a   Song, Chunhui ^a   Peng, Tingjiang ^a   Liu, Shanpin ^a   Liu, Bin ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cenozoic; Fission track; Tianshui Huicheng region; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

APATITE; BEDROCK; CENOZOIC; DEFORMATION; DEPOSITION; EOCENE; EXHUMATION; FISSION TRACK DATING; KINEMATICS; LITHOSPHERE; NEOGENE; OROGENIC BELT; PLIOCENE; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

CHINA; GANSU; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; TIANSHUI;

EID: 79959305498     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2011.04.012     Document Type: Article

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