Formation of the 1300-km-wide intracontinental orogen and postorogenic magmatic province in Mesozoic South China: A flat-slab subduction model

Geology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 179-182

  Li, Zheng Xiang ^a   Li, Xian Hua ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Delamination; Flat slab; Indosinian; Magmatism; Oregen; South China

Indexed keywords

FLAT-SUBDUCTION MODEL; INTRACONTINENTAL OROGEN; MAGMATISM; SENSITIVE HIGH-RESOLUTION ION MICROPROBE (SHRIMP); FLAT SLABS; INDOSINIAN; MAGMATISMS; OROGEN; SOUTH CHINA;

DELAMINATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; VOLCANOES; SILICATE MINERALS; TECTONICS; ZIRCON;

TECTONICS; LEAD ALLOYS;

DELAMINATION; MAGMATISM; MESOZOIC; OROGENY; SHRIMP DATING; SLAB; SUBDUCTION; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON; FACIES; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; FORELAND BASIN; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MAGMATIC DIFFERENTIATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 33846950055     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G23193A.1     Document Type: Article

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