Mesozoic-Cenozoic clastic composition in Kuqa depression, northwest China: Implication for provenance types and tectonic attributes

Acta Petrologica Sinica

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 655-666

  Li, Zhong ^a   Wang, DaoXuan ^b   Lin, Wei ^a   Wang, QingChen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b HEFEI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Basin range system; Detrital composition; Kuqa depression; Mesozoic Cenozoic; Provenance; Tianshan

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; DEPOSITION; EXTRUSION; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MINERAL EXPLORATION; MINERALS; OXIDE MINERALS; ROCKS; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS; TECTONICS; VOLCANIC ROCKS; ZIRCON DEPOSITS;

BASIN-RANGE SYSTEM; CENOZOIC; KUQA DEPRESSION; PROVENANCE; TIANSHAN;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

CENOZOIC; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; MESOZOIC; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD;

EID: 84977996316     PISSN: 10000569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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