Magnetostratigraphy, fence diagrams and basin analysis

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 373, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 133-147

  Yan, Maodu ^a,b   Van Der Voo, Rob ^b   Fang, Xiao Min ^a,c   Song, Chunhui ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN ANALYSIS; FACIES ANALYSIS; INTRAMONTANE BASIN; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84883308303     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP373.3     Document Type: Article

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