Late Cenozoic evolution of the Lunggar extensional basin, Tibet: Implications for basin growth and exhumation in hinterland plateaus

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 125, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 343-358

  Woodruff, William H ^a   Horton, Brian K ^a   Kapp, Paul ^b   Stockli, Daniel F ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b The University of Arizona   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; CATCHMENTS; FAULTING; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LEAD ALLOYS; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; STRATIGRAPHY; TEMPERATURE; URANIUM ALLOYS; ZIRCON;

BASIN FORMATION; BOUNDING FAULTS; DETACHMENT FAULT; DOMINANT MODE; FLUVIALS; LATE CENOZOIC; NORMAL FAULTS; STRATIGRAPHIC FEATURES; STRUCTURAL FEATURE; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

SANDSTONE;

APATITE; BASIN EVOLUTION; BASIN FILL; DETACHMENT FAULT; EXHUMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; JURASSIC-CRETACEOUS BOUNDARY; RIFT ZONE; SANDSTONE; SILTSTONE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84875115815     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 19432674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30664.1     Document Type: Article

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