Age and Origin of the Mafic Rocks and Radiolarian Cherts within the NE Jiangxi Ophiolite Melange: Implications for the Tectonic Evolution of SE China

Gondwana Research

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 588-590

  Li, Xian Hua ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHERT; MAFIC ROCK; MELANGE; OPHIOLITE; RADIOLARIA; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

CHINA; JIANGXI;

EID: 0347715258     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1342-937X(05)70207-0     Document Type: Article

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