40Ar / 39Ar dating of the ophiolite melange in Southern Tianshan and the mylonite in the southern rim of center tianshan and their tectonic significance

Scientia Geologica Sinica

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1996, Pages

  Cai, Dongsheng ^a   Lu, Huafu ^a   Jia, Dong ^a   Wu, Shimin ^a   Chen, Chuming ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

A type subduction; B type subduction; Center tianshan; Mylonite 40ar 39ar age data; Ophiolite melange; Southern tianshan

Indexed keywords

ARGON-40/ARGON-39 DATING; MELANGE; MYLONITE; OPHIOLITE; OROGENESIS; PALAEOZOIC; SUBDUCTION;

CHINA, XINJIANG, TIEN SHAN;

EID: 0030440010     PISSN: 05635020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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