Paleomagnetic ages of Miocene fluvio-lacustrine sediments in the Tianshui Basin, western China

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue , 2013, Pages 341-348

  Zhang, Jun ^a   Li, Jijun ^a,b   Song, Chunhui ^a   Zhao, Zhijun ^b   Xie, Guangpu ^c   Wang, Xiuxi ^a   Hui, Zhengchuang ^a   Peng, Tingjiang ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Gansu Provincial Museum   (China)

Author keywords

China; Geochronology; Magnetostratigraphy; Neogene; Paleoenvironment; Tianshui Basin; Tibet

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; BIOMARKER; FLUVIOLACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; MIOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOMAGNETISM;

CHINA; GANSU; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; TIANSHUI; XIZANG;

EID: 84872776214     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2012.10.014     Document Type: Article

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