Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the Elashan range and its surroundings, northern Tibetan Plateau as constrained by paleomagnetism and apatite fission track analyses

Tectonophysics

Volumn 580, Issue , 2012, Pages 150-161

  Lu, Haijian ^a   Wang, Erchie ^a   Shi, Xuhua ^b   Meng, Kai ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apatite fission track analysis; Cenozoic tectonic evolution; Magnetostratigraphy; Tectonic rotation; The elashan range

Indexed keywords

APATITE FISSION-TRACK ANALYSIS; CENOZOIC TECTONICS; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; TECTONIC ROTATIONS; THE ELASHAN RANGE;

GEOMAGNETISM; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

FAULTING;

APATITE; BASIN EVOLUTION; CENOZOIC; FISSION TRACK DATING; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; OLIGOCENE; PALEOMAGNETISM; SLIP RATE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC ROTATION; THRUST; UPLIFT;

CHINA; GONGHE BASIN; QAIDAM BASIN; QILIAN MOUNTAINS; QINGHAI; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84872278095     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2012.09.013     Document Type: Article

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