Paleozoic multiple accretionary and collisional processes of the Beishan orogenic collage

American Journal of Science

Volumn 310, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1553-1594

  Xiao, W J ^a   Mao, Q G ^b   Windley, B F ^c   Han, C M ^a   Qu, J F ^a   Zhang, J E ^a   Ao, S J ^a   Guo, Q Q ^a   Cleven, N R ^d   Lin, S F ^d   Shan, Y H ^e   Li, J L ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b BEIJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^e GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Accretion; Altaids; Beishan; Permian

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; COLLISION ZONE; OROGENY; PALEOZOIC; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING;

ALTAI MOUNTAINS; BEISHAN; CHINA; NEI MONGGOL; TIEN SHAN;

EID: 79957493761     PISSN: 00029599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2475/10.2010.12     Document Type: Article

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