The Liaonan metamorphic core complex, Southeastern Liaoning Province, North China: A likely contributor to Cretaceous rotation of Eastern Liaoning, Korea and contiguous areas

Tectonophysics

Volumn 407, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 65-80

  Junlai, Liu ^a   Davis, Gregory A ^b,c   Zhiyong, Lin ^d   Fuyuan, Wu ^e  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^d CHINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (China)

^e INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Crustal rotation; Early Cretaceous; Eastern Asia; Liaonan metamorphic core complex

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; METAMORPHIC ROCK; TECTONIC ROTATION; TECTONOPHYSICS;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LIAONING; WORLD;

EID: 26844562921     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2005.07.001     Document Type: Article

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