Tertiary basin evolution along the northeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau: Evidence for basin formation during Oligocene transtension

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 125, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 377-400

  Wang, Weitao ^a   Kirby, Eric ^b   Peizhen, Zhang ^a   Dewen, Zheng ^a   Guangliang, Zhang ^a   Huiping, Zhang ^a   Wenjun, Zheng ^a   Chizhang, Chai ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION SPACE; BASIN-BOUNDING FAULTS; CRUSTAL THICKENINGS; DIRECT OBSERVATIONS; SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION; SEDIMENTARY PROVENANCE; TERRESTRIAL SEDIMENTS; TRANSTENSIONAL DEFORMATION;

SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

BASIN EVOLUTION; CRUSTAL THICKENING; DEFORMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULT GEOMETRY; FORELAND BASIN; NORMAL FAULT; OLIGOCENE; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENTATION; TECTONIC SETTING; TERRESTRIAL DEPOSIT; TERTIARY; TRANSTENSION;

CHINA; LONGZHONG BASIN; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84875106882     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 19432674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30611.1     Document Type: Article

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