A possible middle Paleozoic suture in the Altyn Tagh, NW China

Tectonics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 64-74

  Sobel, Edward R ^a,b   Arnaud, Nicolas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEODYNAMICS; OCEANIC CRUST; PALEOZOIC; SUTURE ZONE;

CHINA;

EID: 0033046790     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998TC900023     Document Type: Article

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