Accretional History of the North and South China Blocks, and the Microcontinents between them: Implications for Dispersion of Gondwanaland

Gondwana Research

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 585-588

  Li, Shuguang ^a   Sun, Weidong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; GONDWANA; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA BLOCK; SOUTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 0006535033     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1342-937X(05)70206-9     Document Type: Article

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