Present-day heat flow and tectonic-thermal evolution since the late Paleozoic time of the Qaidam basin

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 3687-3705

  Li, Zong Xing ^a   Gao, Jun ^b   Zheng, Ce ^a,c   Liu, Cheng Lin ^a   Ma, Yin Sheng ^a   Zhao, Wei Yong ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES BEIJING   (China)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

^d CHINA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION   (China)

Author keywords

Fission track; Geothermal gradient; Heat flow; Qaidam basin; Tectono thermal evolution

Indexed keywords

APATITE; BOREHOLES; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FISSION REACTIONS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOPHYSICS; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; HEAT TRANSFER; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; PETROLEUM RESEARCH; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; SILICATE MINERALS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; ZIRCON;

APATITE FISSION TRACK AGES; FISSION TRACK; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENTS; QAIDAM BASIN; ROCK THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; STEADY-STATE TEMPERATURE; THERMAL EVOLUTION; TIME-TEMPERATURE HISTORY;

TECTONICS;

APATITE; BASIN EVOLUTION; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FISSION TRACK DATING; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; HEAT FLOW; INTERMONTANE BASIN; PALEOZOIC; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOCHRONOLOGY; UPLIFT;

CHINA; QAIDAM BASIN; QINGHAI;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 84946399981     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6038/cjg20151021     Document Type: Article

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