Cenozoic Vertical-Axis Rotations of the Hoh Xil Basin, Central–Northern Tibet

Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition)

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 858-869

  Bo, R A N ^a   Xixi, Z H A O ^b,c   Zhifei, L I U ^b   Chengshan, W A N G ^d   Lidong, Z H U ^a   Wei, J I N ^e   Yalin, L I ^d  

^a CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b China   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^e DAQING OILFIELD CO LTD   (China)

Author keywords

Cenozoic; Hoh Xil basin; Tibetan Plateau; Vertical axis rotation

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; EOCENE; FAULTING; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MIOCENE; OLIGOCENE; PALEOMAGNETISM; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC ROTATION; THRUST;

CHINA; HOHXIL; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; XIZANG;

EID: 84976617578     PISSN: 10009515     EISSN: 17556724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1755-6724.12729     Document Type: Article

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