Magnetostratigraphy of the Suerkuli Basin indicates Pliocene (3.2Ma) activity of the middle Altyn Tagh Fault, northern Tibetan Plateau

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue , 2012, Pages 169-175

  Chang, Hong ^a   Ao, Hong ^a   An, Zhisheng ^a   Fang, Xiaomin ^b   Song, Yougui ^a   Qiang, Xiaoke ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Altyn Tagh Fault; Magnetostratigraphy; Pliocene; Suerkuli Basin; Tectonic uplift

Indexed keywords

COLLISION ZONE; DEFORMATION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; EURASIAN PLATE; INDIAN PLATE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PLIOCENE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; UPLIFT;

ALTYN TAGH FAULT ZONE; CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84855358667     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2011.10.013     Document Type: Article

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