The Wutaishan orogenic belt within the Shanxi Province, northern China: A record of late Archaean collision tectonics

Precambrian Research

Volumn 78, Issue 1-3 SPEC. ISS., 1996, Pages 95-103

  Wang, Kaiyi ^a   Li, Jiliang ^a   Hao, Jie ^a   Li, Jianghai ^a   Zhou, Shaoping ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAN; COLLISION; TECTONICS; TERRANE; WUTAISHAN OROGENY;

CHINA, SHANXI, WUTAISHAN BELT;

EID: 0029751851     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0301-9268(95)00071-2     Document Type: Article

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