Tectonothermal history of the basement rocks in the western zone of the North China Craton and its tectonic implications

Tectonophysics

Volumn 310, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 37-53

  Zhao, Guochun ^a,b   Wilde, Simon A ^a   Cawood, Peter A ^a   Lu, Liangzhao ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CHANGCHUN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Continental collision; Khondalite series; Mafic granulites; Metamorphism; North China Craton; P T paths; Tectonic evolution

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; GRANULITE; METAMORPHISM; P-T CONDITIONS; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

CHINA;

EID: 0033567621     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(99)00152-3     Document Type: Article

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