Early Paleozoic sedimentary record of the Chinese Altai: Implications for its tectonic evolution

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 208, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 88-100

  Long, Xiaoping ^a,b   Sun, Min ^b   Yuan, Chao ^a   Xiao, Wenjiao ^c   Cai, Keda ^b  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Altai; Geochemistry; Metasedimentary rocks; Sedimentary provenance; Tectonic evolution

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CONTINENTAL ARC; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; GEOCHEMISTRY; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; OROGENIC BELT; PALEOZOIC; PROVENANCE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; UPPER CRUST;

ALTAI MOUNTAINS; ASIA; EURASIA;

EID: 48349112272     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2008.05.002     Document Type: Article

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