Geological signature and possible position of the North China Block in the supercontinent Rodinia

Gondwana Research

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 171-183

  Zhai, Mingguo ^a   Shao, Ji'an ^b   Hao, Jie ^a   Peng, Peng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Baiyan Obo belt; Grenvillian in China; North China; North Qinling belt; Supercontinent Rodinia

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; CRATON; MAGMATISM; METAMORPHISM; PROTEROZOIC; RECONSTRUCTION; RODINIA;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 0142126231     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1342-937X(05)70968-0     Document Type: Article

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