Timing, scale and mechanism of the destruction of the North China Craton

Science China Earth Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 789-797

  Zhu, Ri Xiang ^a   Chen, Ling ^a   Wu, Fu Yuan ^a   Liu, Jun Lai ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

craton destruction; North China Craton; scale and mechanism; timing

Indexed keywords

CLASSICAL EXAMPLE; CRATON DESTRUCTION; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; LITHOSPHERIC THINNING; MAGMATIC ACTIVITY; MANTLE CONVECTION; MANTLE TEMPERATURES; MESOZOIC; NATIONAL NATURAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION; NORTH CHINA CRATON; OCEANIC SUBDUCTION; PLATE TECTONICS; SCALE AND MECHANISM; STRUCTURAL DEFORMATION; TIMING;

GALLIUM;

TECTONICS;

CRATON; CRETACEOUS; DEFORMATION; DELAMINATION; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE CONVECTION; PLATE TECTONICS; SLAB; SUBDUCTION;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 79956084517     PISSN: 16747313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-011-4203-4     Document Type: Article

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