Tectonic facies and the archipelago-accretion process of the West Kunlun, China

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue , 2000, Pages 134-143

  Xiao, Wenjiao ^a   Hou, Quanlin ^a   Li, Jiliang ^a   Windley, Brian F ^b   Hao, Jie ^a   Fang, Aiming ^a   Zhou, Hui ^c   Wang, Zhihong ^a   Chen, Hanlin ^d   Zhang, Guocheng ^e   Yuan, Chao ^f  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e Hong Kong University ^*  (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Archipelago accretion orogen; Tectonic facies; The West Kunlun orogen

Indexed keywords

ORE DEPOSIT GEOLOGY;

ARCHIPELAGO-ACCREATION PROCESSES;

TECTONICS;

ACCRETION; OROGENY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

CHINA;

EID: 0034425451     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02911939     Document Type: Article

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