Major tectonic units of the North China Craton and their Paleoproterozoic assembly

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 23-38

  Zhao, Guochun ^a   Sun, Min ^a   Wilde, Simon A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Collision tectonics; North China Craton; Paleoproterozoic

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

TECTONIC UNITS;

TECTONICS;

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; METAMORPHISM; P-T CONDITIONS; PROTEROZOIC; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 0041470332     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/03yd9003     Document Type: Article

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