Continental crustal growth and the supercontinental cycle: Evidence from the Central Asian Orogenic Belt

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 799-813

  Hong, Dawei ^a   Zhang, Jisheng ^a   Wang, Tao ^a   Wang, Shiguang ^b   Xie, Xilin ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

Central Asian Orogenic Belt; Continental crustal growth; Supercontinent

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; MANTLE CONVECTION; OROGENIC BELT; SUPERCONTINENT;

ASIA; EURASIA;

EID: 4243153063     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-9120(03)00134-2     Document Type: Article

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