Re-deciphering the tectonic jigsaw puzzle of northern Eurasia

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 32, Issue 2-4, 2008, Pages 82-101

  Yakubchuk, Alexander ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Altaids; Baikalides; Central Asian supercollage; Mongolides; Northern Circum Pacific; Oroclinal and strike slip tectonics

Indexed keywords

CRATON; ISLAND ARC; OROGENY; PACIFIC PLATE; PALEOZOIC; PLATE BOUNDARY; PROTEROZOIC; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SUBDUCTION; SUPERCONTINENT; SUTURE ZONE; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; TERRANE; TURBIDITE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NORTH CHINA BLOCK; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SIBERIAN CRATON;

EID: 41149126888     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2007.10.009     Document Type: Article

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