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Controls On Erosion In The Western Tarin Basin: Implications For The Uplift Of Northwest Tibet And The Parmir, Peter D. Clift, Hongbo Zheng, Andrew Carter, Philipp Böning, Tara N. Jonell, Hannah Schorr, Xin Shan, Katharina Pahnke, Xiaochun Wei, Tammy M. Rittenour Aug 2017

Controls On Erosion In The Western Tarin Basin: Implications For The Uplift Of Northwest Tibet And The Parmir, Peter D. Clift, Hongbo Zheng, Andrew Carter, Philipp Böning, Tara N. Jonell, Hannah Schorr, Xin Shan, Katharina Pahnke, Xiaochun Wei, Tammy M. Rittenour

Geosciences Faculty Publications

We present here bulk sediment major element chemistry, Nd and Sr isotope ratios, and detrital apatite fission-track (AFT) and U-Pb zircon ages to characterize the provenance of the southwestern Taklimakan Desert (northwest China) and the three major rivers draining this region. We establish the spatial and temporal controls on erosion and sediment transport in the modern Tibetan rain shadow. The Hotan River drains the North Kunlun block and is characterized by zircon populations at 160–230 Ma and 370–520 Ma. The Yarkand River shares these grains with the Hotan, but also has a very prominent zircon population at 40–160 Ma, which …


High Plains To Rio Grand Rift: Late Cenozoic Evolution Of Central Colorado, E. M. Leonard, Mary S. Hubbard, S. A. Kelley, E. Evanoff, C. S. Siddoway, C. G. Oviatt, M. Heizler, M. Timmons Jan 2002

High Plains To Rio Grand Rift: Late Cenozoic Evolution Of Central Colorado, E. M. Leonard, Mary S. Hubbard, S. A. Kelley, E. Evanoff, C. S. Siddoway, C. G. Oviatt, M. Heizler, M. Timmons

Geosciences Faculty Publications

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