Magnetostratigraphy of deep drilling core SG-1 in the western Qaidam Basin (NE Tibetan Plateau) and its tectonic implications

Quaternary Research (United States)

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 139-148

  Zhang, Weilin ^a,b   Appel, Erwin ^a   Fang, Xiaomin ^b   Song, Chunhui ^c   Cirpka, Olaf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Magnetostratigraphy; Qaidam Basin; Tectonic evolution; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; DEEP DRILLING; GEOMAGNETIC POLARITY; GLOBAL COOLING; HIGH RESOLUTION; LACUSTRINE SEDIMENTS; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; QAIDAM BASIN; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC IMPLICATIONS; TECTONIC UPLIFT; THERMAL DEMAGNETIZATION; TIBETAN PLATEAU; TIME-SCALES; WESTERN QAIDAM BASIN;

DEMAGNETIZATION; GEOMAGNETISM; LITHOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; TECTONICS;

EROSION;

ACCUMULATION RATE; BASIN EVOLUTION; DEEP DRILLING; DEMAGNETIZATION; INTERMONTANE BASIN; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOMAGNETISM; SEDIMENT YIELD; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; UPLIFT;

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

EID: 84862599201     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2012.03.011     Document Type: Article

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