Kinematics and age constraints of deformation in a Late Carboniferous accretionary complex in Western Junggar, NW China

Gondwana Research

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 958-974

  Zhang, Ji'en ^a   Xiao, Wenjiao ^a   Han, Chunming ^a   Ao, Songjian ^a,b   Yuan, Chao ^c   Sun, Min ^d   Geng, Hongyan ^d   Zhao, Guochun ^d   Guo, Qianqian ^a,b   Ma, Chong ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Accretionary complex; Coheret unit; Melange; Southern Altaids; West Junggar

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; AGE DETERMINATION; CARBONIFEROUS; DEFORMATION; MELANGE; OPHIOLITE; TUFF; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

WEST JUNGGAR;

EID: 79954632194     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2010.10.003     Document Type: Article

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