New division of the main tectonic units of the qinling orogenic belt, Central China

Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition)

Volumn 83, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1527-1546

  Wang, Zongqi ^a   Yan, Quanren ^b   Yan, Zhen ^b   Wang, Tao ^b   Jiang, Chunfa ^b   Gao, Lianda ^b   Li, Qiugen ^c   Chen, Junlu ^d   Zhang, Yingli ^a   Liu, Ping ^b   Xie, Chunlin ^d   Xiang, Zhongjin ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d XI AN INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

Qinling orogenic belt; Tectonic facies; Tectonic units

Indexed keywords

BACKARC BASIN; BASEMENT ROCK; BASIN EVOLUTION; CENOZOIC; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; FOLD BELT; FOREARC BASIN; FORELAND BASIN; MESOZOIC; OROGENIC BELT; PALEOZOIC; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; VOLCANIC ROCK;

CHINA; DABA MOUNTAINS; LONGMEN MOUNTAINS; MICANG MOUNTAINS;

GORGONACEA;

EID: 77950674541     PISSN: 10009515     EISSN: 17556724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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