Cenozoic thrust system, basin evolution, and uplift of the Tanggula Range in the Tuotuohe region, central Tibet

Gondwana Research

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 482-492

  Li, Yalin ^a   Wang, Chengshan ^a   Zhao, Xixi ^b   Yin, An ^c   Ma, Chao ^a  

^a China University of Geosciences   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Foreland basin; Tanggula Range; Thrust system; Tibetan Plateau; Uplift

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; CENOZOIC; EOCENE-OLIGOCENE BOUNDARY; FACIES; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; SEDIMENTATION; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; THRUST FAULT; UNCONFORMITY; UPLIFT;

CHINA; QINGHAI; TANGGULA MOUNTAINS; TOGTON RIVER; XIZANG;

EID: 84863857954     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2011.11.017     Document Type: Article

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