Oligocene incursion of the Paratethys seawater to the Junggar Basin, NW China: insight from multiple isotopic analysis of carbonate

Abstract The Cenozoic retreat of the Paratethys Sea, as well as uplift of the Tibet plateau and global cooling, have been considered as the main mechanisms for the onset of the Asian monsoon. However, due to the weak constraints on the time and path of the Paratethys Sea, the relative contribution o...

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Main Authors: Qian Li, Long Li, Yuanyuan Zhang, Zhaojie Guo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-04-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-63609-0