The Zanhuang Massif, the second and eastern suture zone of the Paleoproterozoic Trans-North China Orogen

Precambrian Research

Volumn 172, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 80-98

  Trap, P ^a   Faure, M ^a   Lin, W ^b   Monie P ^c   Meffre, S ^d   Melleton, J ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^e BRGM   (France)

Author keywords

North China Craton; Paleoproterozoic geodynamics; Structural analysis; Trans North China Orogen; Zanhuang Massif

Indexed keywords

COLLISION; GEODYNAMICS; GEOMETRY; PROTEROZOIC; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; SUTURE ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NORTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 65549156012     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2009.03.011     Document Type: Article

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