Sedimentary and Source-to-Sink Evolution of Intracontinental Basins: Implications for tectonic and Climate Evolution in the Late Mesozoic (Southern Junggar Basin, NW China)

Sedimentary investigations, petrography, heavy mineral and conglomerate component analyses, and detrital zircon U-Pb geochronology were conducted to reconstruct the sedimentary and source-to-sink evolution of the Southern Junggar Basin, an intracontinental basin in the late Mesozoic. A paludal delta...

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Main Authors: Xutong Guan, Chaodong Wu, Xuecai Zhang, Weiwei Jia, Wei Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Earth Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2021.785659/full