Tectonic geoniorphology: A key to understanding of the history of the plateau

Geological Bulletin of China

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1961-1967

  Zhao, Yue ^a   Li, Dun Peng ^a   Liu, Jian ^a   Wang, Yu ^b   Pan, Yan Bing ^a   He, Zhe Feng ^a   Xu, Gang ^a   Pei, Jun Ling ^a   Li, Hui Di ^a   Zhang, Ke Qi ^a   Zhang, Shuan Hong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

1.1 Ma; Ar Ar age; Early Pleistocene; Keriya River; Tectonic geoniorphology; Tibet Plateau; Xiyu conglomerate

Indexed keywords

EID: 82455167546     PISSN: 16712552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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