Paleocene-eocene syncontractional sedimentation in narrow, lacustrine-dominated basins of east-central Tibet

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 114, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 771-786

  Horton, Brian K ^a   Yin, An ^a   Spurlin, Matthew S ^a   Zhou, Jiangyu ^a   Wang, Jianghai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asia; Basin; China; Fold thrust belts; Plateaus; Tibet

Indexed keywords

OFFSHORES;

CARBONATES; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

SEDIMENTATION;

BASIN EVOLUTION; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; PALEOGENE; SEDIMENTATION; STRATIGRAPHY;

CHINA;

EID: 84879886269     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(2002)114<0771:PESSIN>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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