Sinoprobe: The exploration of the deep interior beneath the chinese continent

Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition)

Volumn 83, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 895-909

  Shuwen, Dong ^a   Li, Tingdong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

Arrangement and execution; China; Deep interior exploration; Sinoprobe; Technology and experiment

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DRILLING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; EXPLORATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; MINERALIZATION; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 71049134030     PISSN: 10009515     EISSN: 17556724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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