Paleozoic tectonic evolution of the Yili Block, western Chinese Tianshan

Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France

Volumn 179, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 483-490

  Wang, Bo ^a   Faure, Michel ^b   Shu, Liangshu ^a   Cluzel, Dominique ^b   Charvet, Jacques ^b   De Jong, Koen ^b   Chen, Yan ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UMR 7327   (France)

Author keywords

Central Asia; Paleozoic geodynamics; Tectonics; Tianshan; Yili block

Indexed keywords

BELT; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; FAULT ZONE; GEODYNAMICS; ISLAND ARC; OCEANIC CRUST; PALEOZOIC; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SUBDUCTION; SUTURE ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; TIEN SHAN; YILI BLOCK;

EID: 54149110405     PISSN: 00379409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gssgfbull.179.5.483     Document Type: Article

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