The Southwestern Boundary of Cenozoic Qaidam Basin: Constraints from Heavy Mineral Analysis

The formation of the Qaidam Basin plays an important role in unraveling the growth history of the Tibetan plateau. An extraordinary thick Cenozoic sedimentary succession of the Qaidam Basin is a great contributor to the study of the basin’s evolution history. To date, there has been disagreement on...

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Main Authors: Xiaonan Ding, Ling Fu, Ping Guan, Daowei Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-06-01
Series:Minerals
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/12/6/768