Magnetostratigraphic and paleoenvironmental records for a Late Cenozoic sedimentary sequence drilled from Lop Nor in the eastern Tarim Basin

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 80-81, Issue , 2012, Pages 113-122

  Chang, Hong ^a   An, Zhisheng ^a   Liu, Weiguo ^a   Qiang, Xiaoke ^a   Song, Yougui ^a   Ao, Hong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Environmental magnetism; Late Cenozoic; Magnetostratigraphy; Tarim Basin; Tibetan Plateau uplift

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MAGNETISM; LATE CENOZOIC; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; TARIM BASIN; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

MAGNETIC POLARITY; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

ARIDIFICATION; ARIDITY; CENOZOIC; COOLING; DRILLING; GLOBAL CHANGE; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; MIOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE;

CHINA; LOP NUR; TARIM BASIN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 80855130973     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2011.09.008     Document Type: Article

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