Early Mesozoic geotectonic processes in South China

Geology in China

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 573-593

  Xu, Xian Bing ^a   Zhang, Yue Qiao ^b   Jia, Dong ^a   Shu, Liang Shu ^a   Wang, Rui Rui ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

Change of tectonic regime; Early mesozoic; Fold Thrust belt; South china; Tectono magmatic evolution sequence

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL THICKENING; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; GEODYNAMICS; ISLAND ARC; MAGMATISM; MELTING; MESOZOIC; OROGENIC BELT; REGIONAL GEOLOGY; SHEAR ZONE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TETHYS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 70349090446     PISSN: 10003657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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