A comment on "Tectonic evolution of the Hengshan-Wutai-Fuping complexes and its implication for the Trans-North China Orogen"

Precambrian Research

Volumn 176, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 94-98

  Zhao, Guochun ^a   Li, Sanzhong ^b   Zhang, Jian ^a,c   Sun, Min ^a   Xia, Xiaoping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Archean; Magmatic arc; Paleoproterozoic; Subduction; Trans North China Orogen

Indexed keywords

GRANITOID; IGNEOUS ROCK; ISLAND ARC; MAGMATISM; MANTLE SOURCE; OROGENY; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 71649101071     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2009.10.002     Document Type: Note

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