Provenance and tectonic setting of Paleogene sandstone in the center of the northern Qaidam Basin, China

The average thickness of Paleogene sandstones reaches about 3000 m or even 4000 m at the northern margin of the Qaidam Basin. However, the provenance of these sandstones has been uncertain; thus, more comprehensive research is needed. Integrated research was conducted on the provenance based on petr...

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Main Authors: Guoqiang Sun, Yetong Wang, Yun Jiang, Shile Pan, Shuncun Zhang, Mingfeng Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-10-01
Series:Journal of Natural Gas Geoscience
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468256X20300547