Isotopic evidence from metasediments in the Qilian fold belt for a north China-Antarctica connection in the early Paleozoic

Journal of the Geological Society of China

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 481-497

  Smith, Alan D ^a   Lian, Fong Rong ^a   Chung, Chuan Hsiung ^a   Yang, Houng Y I ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPIC DATING; PALAEOZOIC; ROSS OROGENY;

ANTARCTICA; CHINA;

EID: 0344043331     PISSN: 10187057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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