Palaeozoic and Mesozoic tectonic evolution and palaeogeography of East Asian crustal fragments: The Korean Peninsula in context

Gondwana Research

Volumn 9, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 24-46

  Metcalfe, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crustal fragments; East Asia; Korean Peninsula; Palaeogeography; Palaeozoic Mesozoic; Tectonic evolution

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIAN PLATE; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; EURASIAN PLATE; INDIAN PLATE; MESOZOIC; PACIFIC PLATE; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOZOIC; PLATE TECTONICS; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TERRANE;

KOREA;

EID: 33645062428     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2005.04.002     Document Type: Article

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