Constraints from gneisses in the Qilian fold belt for the position of the North China block in the Proterozoic

Journal of the Geological Society of China

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 81-93

  Smith, Alan D ^a   Wen, Da Jen ^a   Huang, Li Yuen ^a   Wang, Ching Shu ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Gneisses; Qilian fold belt; Sibaoan and Grenville orogenic events

Indexed keywords

OROGENY; PROTEROZOIC; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION;

CHINA;

EID: 0034031352     PISSN: 10187057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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