Accretionary orogenic process of Western Tianshan, China

Geological Bulletin of China

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1804-1816

  Gao, Jun ^a   Qian, Qing ^a   Long, Ling Li ^b   Zhang, Xi ^a   Li, Ji Lei ^a   Su, Wen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

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

Author keywords

Accretionary orogenesis; Granitoids; High pressure rocks; Ophiolites; Western Tianshan

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051693233     PISSN: 16712552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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