Palaeozoic accretionary and convergent tectonics of the southern Altaids: Implications for the growth of Central Asia

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 339-342

  Xiao, W ^a   Windley, B F ^b   Badarch, G ^c   Sun, S ^a   Li, J ^a   Qin, K ^a   Wang, Z ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Mongolia)

Author keywords

Altaids; Altay; Central Asia; Eastern Junggar; Tectonostratigraphic units

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; OPHIOLITE; OROGENY; PALEOZOIC; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHY;

EID: 2142821452     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-764903-165     Document Type: Article

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