Timing of initiation of extension in the Tianshan, based on structural, geochemical and geochronological analyses of bimodal volcanism and olistostrome in the Bogda Shan (NW China)

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 100, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1647-1663

  Shu, Liangshu ^a   Wang, Bo ^a,b   Zhu, Wenbin ^a   Guo, Zhaojie ^c   Charvet, Jacques ^d   Zhang, Yuan ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UMR 7327   (France)

Author keywords

Bimodal volcanic rocks; Bogda Shan; Central Asian Orogenic Belt; Early Permian; Olistostrome; Tianshan; Zircon U Pb dating

Indexed keywords

GABBRO; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEODYNAMICS; LIMESTONE; MAGMATISM; OLISTOSTROME; OROGENIC BELT; PERMIAN; RHYOLITE; SANDSTONE; SHRIMP DATING; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TURBIDITE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; VOLCANIC ROCK; VOLCANISM; ZIRCON;

BOGDA MOUNTAINS; CHINA; TIEN SHAN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 80053446674     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-010-0575-5     Document Type: Article

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