Oligocene slow and miocene-quaternary rapid deformation and uplift of the Yumu Shan and North Qilian Shan: Evidence from high-resolution magnetostratigraphy and tectonosedimentology

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 373, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 149-171

  Fang, Xiaomin ^a,b   Liu, Dongliang ^a,c   Song, Chunhui ^b   Dai, Shuang ^b   Meng, Qingquan ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; MIOCENE; OLIGOCENE; PALEOMAGNETISM; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHY; UPLIFT;

CHINA; GANSU; JIUQUAN BASIN; QILIAN MOUNTAINS; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84883291372     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP373.5     Document Type: Article

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