Sedimentary geochemistry of the Cambrian-Ordovician cherts: Implication on archipelagic ocean of North Qilian orogenic belt

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1628-1644

  Du, YuanSheng ^a,b   Zhu, Jie ^a   Gu, SongZhu ^a,b   Xu, YaJun ^a   Yang, JiangHai ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Archipelagic ocean; Cambrian Ordovician; Cherts sedimentary geochemistry; North Qilian orogenic belt

Indexed keywords

OCEANOGRAPHY; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

ARCHIPELAGIC OCEAN; OROGENIC BELT; SEDIMENTARY GEOCHEMISTRY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

CALEDONIAN OROGENY; CAMBRIAN; CHERT; MICROPLATE; OCEAN BASIN; ORDOVICIAN; OROGENIC BELT; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; RIFTING; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QILIAN MOUNTAINS;

EID: 35048830786     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-007-0111-z     Document Type: Article

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