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Volume 36 Issue 3
Jun 2025
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Wenhao Xia, Jiyuan Yin, Zhiyuan He, Stuart N. Thomson, Fucheng Tan, Yamei Wang. Meso–Cenozoic Tectonic and Thermal History of the Kuqa Depression, Tarim Basin: Insights from Low-Temperature Thermochronology and Vitrinite Reflectance. Journal of Earth Science, 2025, 36(3): 1290-1296. doi: 10.1007/s12583-025-2027-y
Citation: Wenhao Xia, Jiyuan Yin, Zhiyuan He, Stuart N. Thomson, Fucheng Tan, Yamei Wang. Meso–Cenozoic Tectonic and Thermal History of the Kuqa Depression, Tarim Basin: Insights from Low-Temperature Thermochronology and Vitrinite Reflectance. Journal of Earth Science, 2025, 36(3): 1290-1296. doi: 10.1007/s12583-025-2027-y

Meso–Cenozoic Tectonic and Thermal History of the Kuqa Depression, Tarim Basin: Insights from Low-Temperature Thermochronology and Vitrinite Reflectance

doi: 10.1007/s12583-025-2027-y
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  • Corresponding author: Jiyuan Yin, yinjiyuan1983@163.com
  • Received Date: 24 Dec 2024
  • Accepted Date: 24 Jan 2025
  • Available Online: 11 Jun 2025
  • Issue Publish Date: 30 Jun 2025
  • Electronic Supplementary Materials: Supplementary materials (ESM Ⅰ Tables S1–S3, ESM Ⅱ Figures S1–S2) are available in the online version of this article at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12583-025-2027-y.
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    The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
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