Different deformation stages of the Dabieshan Mountains and UHP rocks exhumation mechanism

Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition)

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 53-59

  Lin, Wei ^a,b   Wang, Qingchen ^a   Faure, Michel ^b   Sun, Yan ^c   Shu, Liangshu ^c   Scharer, Urs ^d  

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

^b UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Dabieshan Mountains; Dynamics; Exhumation process; Extensional deformation; Kinematics

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; EXHUMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GEODYNAMICS; METAMORPHISM;

CHINA; DABIE SHAN;

EID: 0041386551     PISSN: 10009515     EISSN: 17556724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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