Precambrian key tectonic events and evolution of the North China craton

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 338, Issue , 2010, Pages 235-262

  Zhai, Mingguo ^a   Li, Tie Sheng ^a   Peng, Peng ^a   Hu, Bo ^a   Liu, Fu ^a   Zhang, Yanbin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; CRATON; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DIKE; GNEISS; GRANITE; GRANULITE FACIES; GREENSTONE BELT; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MAFIC ROCK; METAMORPHISM; MOBILE BELT; OROGENY; PEGMATITE; PRECAMBRIAN; RODINIA; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SILL; SUPRACRUSTAL ROCK; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONICS; VOLCANIC ROCK;

CHINA; HEBEI; NORTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 79953648046     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP338.12     Document Type: Article

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