A review of the western part of the Altaids: A key to understanding the architecture of accretionary orogens

Gondwana Research

Volumn 18, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 253-273

  Xiao, Wenjiao ^a   Huang, Baochun ^a   Han, Chunming ^a   Sun, Shu ^a   Li, Jiliang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Accretionary orogens; Altaids; Kazakhstan orocline; Multiple linear element amalgamation; Tectonics; Vertical interaction

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; ARC-ARC COLLISION; CALEDONIAN OROGENY; CONTINENTAL ARC; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; OROGENY; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOMAGNETISM; PALEOZOIC; PLATE TECTONICS; PROTEROZOIC; TECTONIC SETTING; TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHY; TERRANE;

ALTAI MOUNTAINS;

EID: 77953808396     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2010.01.007     Document Type: Review

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