Magmatic history of the northeastern Tibetan Plateau

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 108, Issue 9, 2003, Pages

  Gehrels, George E ^a   Yin, An ^b   Wang, Xiao Feng ^c  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

China; Paleozoic magmatism; Tectonics; Tibet

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; FAULT; MAGMATISM; PALEOZOIC; PLATE MOTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

EID: 0347104483     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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