Basement heterogeneity in the Cathaysia crustal block, southeast China

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 226, Issue , 2004, Pages 145-155

  Fletcher, Chris J N ^a   Chan, Lung S ^a   Sewell, Roderick J ^b   Campbell, S Diarmad G ^b   Davis, Donald W ^c   Zhu, Jieshou ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Hong Kong)

^c DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^d CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; BASEMENT ROCK; HETEROGENEITY; PRECAMBRIAN; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TERRANE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; HONG KONG;

ARCHAEA;

EID: 5544286725     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2004.226.01.08     Document Type: Article

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