A high-resolution stable isotopic record from the Junggar Basin (NW China): Implications for the paleotopographic evolution of the Tianshan Mountains

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 341-344, Issue , 2012, Pages 158-169

  Charreau, Julien ^a   Kent Corson, Malinda Louise ^b   Barrier, Laurie ^c   Augier, Romain ^d   Ritts, Bradley D ^e   Chen, Yan ^d   France Lannord, Christian ^a   Guilmette, Caroline ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^d UMR 7327   (France)

^e SAFENANO   (Singapore)

^f UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Central Asia; Climate; Stable isotope; Tectonic; Tianshan; Topography

Indexed keywords

C4 PLANT; CARBON ISOTOPES; CENTRAL ASIA; CLIMATE; EXTERNAL INPUT; FLUVIAL SEDIMENT; FORELAND BASIN; HIGH RESOLUTION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RECORD; ISOTOPIC VALUES; JUNGGAR BASIN; LATE MIOCENE; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; NW CHINA; OXYGEN ISOTOPE VALUES; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SHORT PERIODS; STABLE ISOTOPES; TECTONIC DEFORMATIONS; TIANSHAN;

CARBON; CARBONATES; LANDFORMS; OXYGEN; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS; TOPOGRAPHY;

ISOTOPES;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FLUVIOLACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; FORELAND BASIN; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; MIOCENE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOSOL; PALEOTOPOGRAPHY; PIEDMONT; STABLE ISOTOPE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; UPLIFT;

CHINA; JUNGGAR BASIN; TIEN SHAN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 84863481052     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.05.033     Document Type: Article

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