A traverse through the western Kunlun (Xinjiang, China): Tentative geodynamic implications for the Paleozoic and Mesozoic

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 705-722

  Mattern, Frank ^a   Schneider, Werner ^b   Li, Yongan ^c   Li, Xiangdong ^c  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^c Institute of Exploration of Nonferrous Metal Geology and Mineral Resources   (China)

Author keywords

Accretion mylonites; China; Kara Kunlun; Kengxiwar lineament; Kudi ophiolite; Kunlun; Paleo Tethys; Plate tectonics; Proto Tethys

Indexed keywords

EID: 53349102075     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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