Ophiolites of the Kunlun Mountains, China and their tectonic implications

Tectonophysics

Volumn 258, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 215-231

  Yang, J S ^a   Robinson, P T ^b   Jiang, C F ^a   Xu, Z Q ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CUMULATE; LAVA; OPHIOLITE; PALAEOZOIC; PERIDOTITE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TRIASSIC;

CHINA, KUNLUN MOUNTAINS;

EID: 0030460956     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0040-1951(95)00199-9     Document Type: Article

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