Paleozoic tectonic evolution of the northern Xinjiang, China: Geochemical and geochronological constraints form the ophiolites

Tectonics

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Wang, Zhihong ^a   Sun, Shu ^a   Li, Jiliang ^a   Hou, Quanlin ^a   Qin, Kezhang ^a   Xiao, Wenjiao ^a   Hao, Jie ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Altaids; Northern Xinjiang; Paleozoic ophiolite; Subduction accretion

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; GEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; OPHIOLITE; OROGENIC BELT; PALEOZOIC; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

CHINA;

EID: 0042594503     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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