Geochemical evidence for the proterozoic tectonic evolution of the Qinling Orogenic Belt and its adjacent margins of the North China and Yangtze cratons

Precambrian Research

Volumn 80, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 23-48

  Gao, Shan ^a,b   Zhang, Ben Ren ^a   Wang, Dong Po ^a   Ouyang, Jiang Ping ^a   Xie, Qian Li ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; METAMORPHISM; PROTEROZOIC; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; VOLCANISM;

CHINA, QINLING OROGENIC BELT;

EID: 0030435058     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0301-9268(95)00100-x     Document Type: Article

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