Initial formation and mesozoic tectonic exhumation of an intracontinental tectonic belt of the northern part of the Taihang Mountain belt, eastern Asia

Journal of Geology

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 155-172

  Wang, Yu ^a   Li, Huimin ^a,b  

^a China University of Geosciences   (China)

^b CAGS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; BELT; CENOZOIC; CRETACEOUS; EXHUMATION; FAULTING; MAGMATISM; MESOZOIC; SEDIMENTATION; TECTONIC SETTING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIHANG MOUNTAINS;

EID: 42949094161     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/529153     Document Type: Article

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