Paleozoic sedimentary record of the Xing-Meng Orogenic Belt, Inner Mongolia: Implications for the provenances and tectonic evolution of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 776-785

  Li, Da Peng ^a,b   Chen, Yue Long ^a   Wang, Zhong ^c   Lin, Yu ^a   Zhou, Jian ^d  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c Inner Mongolia Institute of Geological Survey   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICAL AND GEOCHEMICAL EXPLORATION   (China)

Author keywords

clastic sedimentary rocks; Nd isotopes; provenance; tectonic evolution; Xing Meng orogen

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857654174     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-011-4867-3     Document Type: Article

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