Late archaean to palaeoproterozoic evolution of the Trans-North China Orogen: Insights from synthesis of existing data from the Hengshan- Wutai- Fuping belt

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 226, Issue , 2004, Pages 27-55

  Zhao, Guochun ^a   Sun, Min ^a   Wilde, Simon A ^b   Guo, Jinghui ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; ISLAND ARC; PRECAMBRIAN; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

ARCHAEA;

EID: 5444276792     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2004.226.01.03     Document Type: Article

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