Late Paleozoic tectonic evolution of the northern West Chinese Tianshan Belt

Geodinamica Acta

Volumn 19, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 237-247

  Wang, Bo ^a,b   Faure, Michel ^b   Cluzel, Dominique ^b   Shu, Liangshu ^a   Charvet, Jacques ^b   Meffre, Sebastien ^c   Ma, Qian ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

M lange; Paleozoic subduction; Strike slip shearing; Tianshan; Zircon U Pb dating

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; PALEOZOIC; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SUBDUCTION ZONE; SUTURE ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; TIEN SHAN;

EID: 33749149228     PISSN: 09853111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3166/ga.19.237-247     Document Type: Article

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