Neoproterozoic to Paleozoic geology of the Altai orogen, NW China: New Zircon age data and tectonic evolution

Journal of Geology

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 719-737

  Windley, Brian F ^a   Kröner, Alfred ^b   Guo, Jinghui ^c   Qu, Guosheng ^d   Li, Yingyi ^e   Zhang, Chi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c BEIJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^e Xinjiang Bureau of Coalfield Geology   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; PALEOZOIC; PROTEROZOIC; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; ZIRCON;

CHINA;

EID: 0036994122     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/342866     Document Type: Article

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