Sinian through Permian tectonostratigraphic evolution of the northwestern Tarim basin, China

Memoir of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 194, Issue , 2001, Pages 47-69

  Carroll, Alan R ^a   Graham, Stephan A ^b   Chang, Edmund Z ^b   McKnight, Cleavy ^c  

^a Department of Geology and Geophysics ^*  (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; LIME; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBSIDENCE;

ANGULAR UNCONFORMITY; BASIN EVOLUTION; COARSE-GRAINED; FLUVIAL FACIES; FORELAND BASIN; SEDIMENT DISPERSAL; SEDIMENTARY FACIES; SHALLOW MARINE;

DEPOSITION;

ARC-ARC COLLISION; BASIN EVOLUTION; FACIES; FORELAND BASIN; MAGMATISM; METAMORPHIC ROCK; PERMIAN; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SINIAN; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHY; UNCONFORMITY; UPLIFT;

CHINA; TARIM BASIN; TIEN SHAN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 84871236060     PISSN: 00721069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-1194-0.47     Document Type: Article

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