End-Permian to mid-Triassic termination of the accretionary processes of the southern Altaids: Implications for the geodynamic evolution, Phanerozoic continental growth, and metallogeny of Central Asia

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1189-1217

  Xiao, W J ^a   Windley, B F ^b   Huang, B C ^a   Han, C M ^a   Yuan, C ^c   Chen, H L ^d   Sun, M ^e   Sun, S ^a   Li, J L ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^d ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Accretionary process; Central Asia; Continental growth; End Permian to mid Triassic termination; Geodynamic evolution; Metallogeny; Southern Altaids

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; ACTIVE MARGIN; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEODYNAMICS; OROGENY; PASSIVE MARGIN; PERMIAN; PHANEROZOIC; SUTURE ZONE; TRIASSIC;

ASIA; CENTRAL ASIA; EURASIA;

EID: 69849096094     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-008-0407-z     Document Type: Conference Paper

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