Sedimentary record of Mesozoic deformation and inception of the Turpan-Hami basin, northwest China

Memoir of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 194, Issue , 2001, Pages 317-340

  Greene, Todd J ^a   Carroll, Alan R ^b   Hendrix, Marc S ^c   Graham, Stephan A ^a   Wartes, Marwan A ^b   Abbink, Oscar A ^d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EROSION; FELDSPAR; SANDSTONE; VOLCANIC ROCKS; VOLCANOES;

DEPOSITIONAL SYSTEM; GEOLOGIC FEATURES; PETROLEUM SYSTEMS; SEDIMENT COMPOSITION; SEDIMENT DISPERSAL; SEDIMENTARY FACIES; SEDIMENTARY PROVENANCE; SEDIMENTARY RECORDS;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MESOZOIC; PALEOCHANNEL; PALEOCURRENT; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

CHINA; TURPAN-HAMI BASIN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 84871213414     PISSN: 00721069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-1194-0.317     Document Type: Article

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