Paleozoic Tian-Shan as a transitional region between the Rheic and Urals-Turkestan oceans

Gondwana Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 602-613

  Biske, Yu S ^a   Seltmann, R ^b  

^a ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accretion; Collisional belts; Granites; Paleozoic; Tian Shan

Indexed keywords

A-TYPE ROCK; ACTIVE MARGIN; CONTINENTAL CRUST; FOLD BELT; GRANITE; MAGMA; MAGMATISM; ORDOVICIAN; OROGENIC BELT; PALEOZOIC; PLUTON; THRUST;

TIEN SHAN;

EID: 74749093655     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2009.11.014     Document Type: Article

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