Original tectonic setting of the Tsangpo ophiolite and sedimentary evolution of the Xigaze forearc basin

Scientia Geologica Sinica

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 8-9

  Hao, Jie ^a   Chai, Yucheng ^a   Li, Jiliang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Forearc basin; Sedimentary evolution; Supra subduction zone ophiolite; Tsang po; Xigaze

Indexed keywords

FOREARC BASIN; OPHIOLITE; TECTONIC SETTING;

CHINA;

EID: 0032814349     PISSN: 05635020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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