Lower crustal delamination in the Qinling-Dabie orogenic belt

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 423-433

  Gao, Shan ^a   Zhang, Benren ^a   Jin, Zhenmin ^a   Kern, Hartmut ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crust mantle interaction; Delamination of lower continental crust; Evolution of continental crust; Qinling Dabie orogenic belt

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL CRUST; DELAMINATION; LOWER CRUST;

CHINA;

EID: 0033429175     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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