Paleozoic tectonic evolution of the Tianshan Orogen, northwestern China

Tectonophysics

Volumn 287, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 213-231

  Gao, Jun ^a   Li, Maosong ^b   Xiao, Xuchang ^a   Tang, Yaoqing ^a   He, Guoqi ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Blueschists; Ophiolites; Paleozoic tectonic evolution; Stratigraphy; Tianshan

Indexed keywords

TECTONICS; TIANSHAN OROGENY;

CHINA;

EID: 0031819078     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0040-1951(97)00211-4     Document Type: Article

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