Cenozoic uplift of the Tibetan Plateau: Evidence from the tectonic-sedimentary evolution of the western Qaidam Basin

Geoscience Frontiers

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 175-187

  Wang, Yadong ^a   Zheng, Jianjing ^a   Zhang, Weilin ^b   Li, Shiyuan ^c   Liu, Xingwang ^a   Yang, Xin ^a   Liu, Yuhu ^d  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT   (China)

^d CHINA PETROLEUM AND CHEMICAL CORPORATION   (China)

Author keywords

Depositional depression; Sedimentary facies; Tectonic evolution; Tibetan Plateau uplift; Western Qaidam Basin

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; COLLISION ZONE; DEFORMATION; DEPOSITION; EOCENE; FACIES ANALYSIS; FAULT ZONE; INDIAN PLATE; MIOCENE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; UPLIFT;

CHINA; QAIDAM BASIN; QINGHAI; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84857629308     PISSN: 16749871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gsf.2011.11.005     Document Type: Article

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