Tectonics of the Qinling (Central China): Tectonostratigraphy, geochronology, and deformation history

Tectonophysics

Volumn 366, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 1-53

  Ratschbacher, Lothar ^a   Hacker, Bradley R ^b   Calvert, Andrew ^c   Webb, Laura E ^d   Grimmer, Jens C ^a   McWilliams, Michael O ^e   Ireland, Trevor ^f   Dong, Shuwen ^g   Hu, Jianmin ^g  

^a TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

Ar Ar thermochronology; Dabie Shan; Proterozoic to Cenozoic tectonics; Qinling; Structural geology; Ultrahigh pressure orogeny

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PHANEROZOIC; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHY; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM;

CHINA; QINLING SHAN;

EID: 0037728610     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(03)00053-2     Document Type: Article

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