Early cenozoic tectonics of the tibetan plateau

Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition)

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 289-303

  Wu, Zhenhan ^a   Hu, Daogong ^a   Ye, Peisheng ^a   Wu, Zhonghai ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

Paleo elevation; Paleo tectonics; Paleocene eoeene; Subduetion of the oceanic plate; The tibetan plateau

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; EMPLACEMENT; FORAMINIFERA; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; MAGMA; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; REGIONAL GEOLOGY; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THRUST FAULT; UPLIFT; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

CHINA; HIMALAYAS; LHASA; QAIDAM BASIN; QINGHAI; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; TARIM BASIN; XINJIANG UYGUR; XIZANG;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 84880301086     PISSN: 10009515     EISSN: 17556724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1755-6724.12051     Document Type: Article

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