Assembly, accretion, and break-up of the Palaeo-Mesoproterozoic Columbia supercontinent: Record in the North China Craton revisited

International Geology Review

Volumn 53, Issue 11-12, 2011, Pages 1331-1356

  Zhao, Guochun ^a   Li, Sanzhong ^b   Sun, Min ^a   Wilde, Simon A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

collision; Columbia; North China Craton; rifting; supercontinent

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; ARCHEAN; COLLISION ZONE; CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRATON; KHONDALITE; OROGENIC BELT; PLATE TECTONICS; PROTEROZOIC; RIFTING; SUPERCONTINENT;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 79960492181     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00206814.2010.527631     Document Type: Article

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