The Dongcaohe ophiolite from the North Qilian Mountains: A fossil oceanic crust of the Paleo-Qilian ocean

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 52, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 2390-2401

  Tseng, Chien Yuan ^a   Yang, Huai Jen ^a   Yang, Houng Yi ^a   Liu, Dunyi ^b   Tsai, Ching Lang ^a   Wu, Hanquan ^c   Zuo, Guochao ^d  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^c XI AN INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

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

Author keywords

Dongcaohe; North Qilian; Oceanic crust; Ophiolite

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548212721     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-007-0300-3     Document Type: Article

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