A Late Archean foreland fold and thrust belt in the North China Craton: Implications for early collisional tectonics

Gondwana Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 47-66

  Li, Jianghai ^a   Kusky, Timothy ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Saint Louis University   (United States)

Author keywords

Archean; China; Flysch; Fold and thrust belt; Foreland basin; Molasse

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; COLLISION ZONE; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CONVERGENT MARGIN; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; FORELAND BASIN; PLATE CONVERGENCE; PLATE TECTONICS; TECTONIC SETTING;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 34250851666     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2006.10.020     Document Type: Article

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