New geological evidence of crustal thickening in the Gangdese block prior to the Indo-Asian collision

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 48, Issue 15, 2003, Pages 1604-1610

  Ding, Lin ^a   Lai, Qingzhou ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Gangdese; Geochronology; Island arc; Leucogranite; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

EID: 21944433694     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/02wd0586     Document Type: Article

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