Tectonic setting of Cretaceous basins on the NE Tibetan Plateau: Insights from the Jungong basin

Basin Research

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 51-69

  Craddock, William H ^a,c   Kirby, Eric ^a   Dewen, Zheng ^b   Jianhui, Liu ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; CENOZOIC; COLLISION ZONE; CRETACEOUS; DEFORMATION; DEPOSITION; OROGENY; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SUTURE ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING; THRUST FAULT;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84855545410     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: 13652117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2117.2011.00515.x     Document Type: Article

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