Age of radiolarian fossils from the Heiyingshan ophiolitic mélange, Southern Tianshan Belt, NW China, and its tectonic significance

Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition)

Volumn 81, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1161-1168

  Shu, Liangshu ^a   Wang, Bo ^a   Zhu, Wenbin ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chert; Heiyingshan; Ophiolitic m lange; Radiolarian fossils; Southern Tianshan

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; CHERT; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DEVONIAN; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GREENSCHIST FACIES; LIMESTONE; MELANGE; OPHIOLITE; RADIOLARIA; SANDSTONE; SILURIAN; SUTURE ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING;

ASIA; EURASIA; TIEN SHAN;

EID: 38849099088     PISSN: 10009515     EISSN: 17556724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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