Tectonic evolution of the North China Block: From orogen to craton to orogen

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 280, Issue , 2007, Pages 1-34

  Kusky, Timothy M ^a   Windley, Brian F ^b   Zhai, Ming Guo ^c  

^a Saint Louis University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CRATON; DEFORMATION; GNEISS; MAGMATISM; MANTLE STRUCTURE; METAIGNEOUS ROCK; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; OROGENY; PASSIVE MARGIN; SEDIMENTATION; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TERRANE;

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

EID: 34447545708     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP280.1     Document Type: Article

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