Timing and machanism of formation and exhumation of the Qaidam ultra-high pressure metamorphic belt

Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition)

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 163-176

  Xu, Zhiqin ^a   Yang, Jingsui ^a   Wu, Cailai ^a   Li, Haibing ^a   Zhang, Jianxin ^a   Qi, Xuexiang ^a   Song, Shuguang ^a   Wan, Yusheng ^a   Chen, Wen ^a   Qiu, Haijun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Deep subduction; Formation and exhemation; Metamorphic belt; North Qaidam Mountains; Obique extrusion; Ultra high pessure

Indexed keywords

EXHUMATION; FORMATION MECHANISM; PALEOZOIC; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XINJIANG PLATEAU; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

EID: 0041820248     PISSN: 10009515     EISSN: 17556724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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