Late Paleozoic Sedimentation on the Northern Margin of the North China Block: Implications for Regional Tectonics and Climate Change

International Geology Review

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 270-296

  Cope, Tim ^a   Ritts, Bradley D ^b   Darby, Brian J ^c   Fildani, Andrea ^a   Graham, S A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; PALEOZOIC;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NORTH CHINA BLOCK; WORLD;

EID: 15844414338     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0020-6814.47.3.270     Document Type: Article

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