Heavy Mineral Assemblage Variation in Late Cenozoic Sediments from the Middle Yangtze River Basin: Insights into Basin Sediment Provenance and Evolution of the Three Gorges Valley
The Three Gorges valley is one of the two key capture points of the evolution of the Yangtze River, yet the formation of this valley—from the pre-Miocene to the late Pleistocene—remains uncertain. The Jianghan Basin, a late Mesozoic–Cenozoic basin located just downstream of the Three Gorges valley,...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2021-09-01
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| Series: | Minerals |
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/11/10/1056 |