Multistage evolution of continental collision orogen: A case study for western Dabie orogen

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 54, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 2568-2579

  Wu, Yuan Bao ^a,b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carboniferous; Continental collision orogen; Eclogite facies metamorphism; Hf isotope composition; Paleotethyan ocean; Triassic; Zircon U Pb age

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349435320     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-009-0410-1     Document Type: Article

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