Was the easternmost segment of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt derived from Gondwana or Siberia: An intriguing dilemma?

Journal of Geodynamics

Volumn 50, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 300-317

  Zhou, Jian Bo ^a   Wilde, Simon A ^a,b   Zhao, Guo Chun ^c   Zhang, Xing Zhou ^a   Wang, Hu ^a   Zeng, Wei Shun ^a  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Central Asian Orogenic Belt; Gondwana; Khanka Massif; Late Pan African; NE China; Russian Far East; SHRIMP U Pb dating of detrital zircon

Indexed keywords

GONDWANA; GRANITOID; OROGENIC BELT; PERMIAN; PLATE TECTONICS; PROTEROZOIC; QUARTZ; SCHIST; SHRIMP DATING; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC SETTING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

CHINA; KHANKA MASSIF; NORTH CHINA BLOCK; PRIMORYE; RUSSIAN FAR EAST; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SIBERIA;

EID: 77954657819     PISSN: 02643707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jog.2010.02.004     Document Type: Article

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