The Early Palaeozoic terrene framework and the formation of the high-pressure (HP) and ultra-high pressure (UHP) metamorphic belts at the Central Orogenic belt (COB)

Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition)

Volumn 80, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1793-1806

  Xu, Zhiqin ^a   Yang, Jingsui ^a   Li, Haibing ^a   Yao, Jianxin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Central orogenic belt; Early Paleozoic multi terranes arcs; Multi subduction orogenies; Proto Tethys Ocean; Ultra high pressure metamorphism

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; DEVONIAN; FOREARC BASIN; METAMORPHISM; OCEAN BASIN; OROGENIC BELT; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOZOIC; SUBDUCTION; SUPERCONTINENT; TERRANE; TRIASSIC; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NORTH CHINA BLOCK; SOUTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 34047124339     PISSN: 10009515     EISSN: 17556724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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