Late Neogene magnetostratigraphy in the western Qaidam Basin (NE Tibetan Plateau) and its constraints on active tectonic uplift and progressive evolution of growth strata

Tectonophysics

Volumn 599, Issue , 2013, Pages 107-116

  Zhang, Weilin ^a,c   Fang, Xiaomin ^a   Song, Chunhui ^b   Appel, Erwin ^c   Yan, Maodu ^a   Wang, Yadong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Growth strata; Magnetostratigraphy; NE Tibetan Plateau; Neogene; Qaidam Basin

Indexed keywords

GROWTH STRATA; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; NE TIBETAN PLATEAUX; NEO GENES; QAIDAM BASIN;

GEOMAGNETISM; STRATIGRAPHY;

TECTONICS;

EXHUMATION; FAULT PROPAGATION; FOLDING; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; INTERMONTANE BASIN; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; NEOGENE; PALEOMAGNETISM; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; UNCONFORMITY; UPLIFT;

CHINA; QAIDAM BASIN; QINGHAI; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84878618795     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2013.04.010     Document Type: Article

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