Geology and geochemistry of the Late Paleozoic volcanic rocks of the south margin of the Altai Mountains and implications for tectonic evolution

Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition)

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 344-358

  Zhang, Zhaochong ^a,b   Zhou, Gang ^c   Yan, Shenghao ^c   Chen, Bailin ^d   He, Yongkang ^c   Chai, Fengmei ^a   He, Lixin ^c  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^d Xinjiang Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources   (China)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Late Paleozoic; Tectonic evolution; The Altai Mountains; Volcanic rocks

Indexed keywords

COLLISION ZONE; GEOCHEMISTRY; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; PALEOZOIC; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TRACE ELEMENT; VOLCANIC ROCK;

ALTAI MOUNTAINS; ASIA; EURASIA;

EID: 34250366148     PISSN: 10009515     EISSN: 17556724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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