Triassic collision in the Paleo-Tethys Ocean constrained by volcanic activity in SW China

Lithos

Volumn 144-145, Issue , 2012, Pages 145-160

  Zi, Jian Wei ^a,b   Cawood, Peter A ^a,c   Fan, Wei Ming ^b   Wang, Yue Jun ^b   Tohver, Eric ^a   McCuaig, T Campbell ^a,d   Peng, Tou Ping ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^d Curtain University   (Australia)

Author keywords

Collisional orogenesis; Jinshajiang orogenic belt; Paleo Tethys; Triassic volcanism

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; GEOCHEMISTRY; OROGENIC BELT; OROGENY; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; SUTURE ZONE; TETHYS; TRIASSIC; VOLCANIC ROCK; VOLCANISM;

CHINA;

EID: 84860805528     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2012.04.020     Document Type: Article

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