Magnetostratigraphy and depositional history of the Miocene Wushan basin on the NE Tibetan plateau, China: Implications for middle Miocene tectonics of the West Qinling fault zone

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue , 2012, Pages 189-202

  Wang, Zhicai ^a,b   Zhang, Peizhen ^b   Garzione, Carmala N ^c   Lease, Richard O ^d,e   Zhang, Guangliang ^b   Zheng, Dewen ^b   Hough, Brian ^c   Yuan, Daoyang ^b   Li, Chuanyou ^b   Liu, Jianhui ^b   Wu, Qinglong ^b  

^a EARTHQUAKE ADMINISTRATION OF SHANDONG PROVINCE   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Magnetostratigraphy; Middle Miocene; Tibetan plateau; West Qinling fault zone; Wushan basin

Indexed keywords

BASALT; BASIN EVOLUTION; DEFORMATION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FAULT ZONE; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; MIOCENE; PALEOGENE; SEDIMENTATION; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; TRANSPRESSION;

CHINA; CHONGQING; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; WUSHAN;

EID: 84855343269     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2011.06.009     Document Type: Article

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