The Eocene-Oligocene climate transition in the Tarim Basin, Northwest China: Evidence from clay mineralogy

Applied Clay Science

Volumn 74, Issue , 2013, Pages 10-19

  Wang, Chaowen ^a   Hong, Hanlie ^a   Li, Zhaohui ^a,b   Yin, Ke ^a   Xie, Jin ^a   Liang, Guojun ^a   Song, Bowen ^a   Song, E Ping ^a   Zhang, Kexin ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PARKSIDE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clay minerals; Eocene Oligocene climate transition; Paleoclimate; Qinghai Tibetan Plateau; Tarim Basin

Indexed keywords

CLAY MINERALOGY; CLIMATE COOLING; CLIMATE TRANSITION; MINERAL SPECIES; NORTHWEST CHINA; PALEOCLIMATES; QINGHAI-TIBETAN PLATEAU; TARIM BASIN;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; MINERALS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; UNDERWATER MINERALOGY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CLAY MINERALS;

ARIDIFICATION; CLAY MINERAL; CLIMATE VARIATION; COOLING; EOCENE-OLIGOCENE BOUNDARY; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MINERALOGY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; TARIM BASIN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 84875761928     PISSN: 01691317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clay.2012.09.003     Document Type: Article

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