Remnants of a Neoproterozoic collisional orogenic belt in the core of the Phanerozoic Qinling orogenic belt (China)

Gondwana Research

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 699-710

  Wang, Tao ^a   Wang, Xiaoxia ^b,c   Zhang, Guowei ^d   Pei, Xianzhi ^c   Zhang, Chengli ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c CHANG'AN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Collisional orogeny; Deformed granitic pluton; Orogen replacement; Qinling complex; Rodinia

Indexed keywords

COLLISION ZONE; DEFORMATION; MAGMATISM; METAMORPHISM; OROGENIC BELT; PHANEROZOIC; PLUTON; PROTEROZOIC; RODINIA; SHEAR ZONE; TECTONIC STRUCTURE;

CHINA; QINLING BELT;

EID: 0242349644     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1342-937x(05)71018-2     Document Type: Article

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