Cambrian to early Silurian ophiolite and accretionary processes in the Beishan collage, NW China: Implications for the architecture of the Southern Altaids

Geological Magazine

Volumn 149, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 606-625

  Ao, S J ^a   Xiao, W J ^a   Han, C M ^a   Li, X H ^a   Qu, J F ^b   Zhang, J E ^a   Guo, Q Q ^a   Tian, Z H ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

accretionary complex; Altaids; Beishan; ophiolite; Yueyashan Xichangjing

Indexed keywords

METAMORPHIC ROCKS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TECTONICS;

ACCRETIONARY COMPLEX; ALTAIDS; BEISHAN; OPHIOLITE; YUEYASHAN-XICHANGJING;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

ACCRETION; ACCRETIONARY PRISM; CAMBRIAN; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; EMPLACEMENT; ISLAND ARC; MELANGE; OCEANIC CRUST; OPHIOLITE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PASSIVE MARGIN; PLAGIOGRANITE; PLATE MOTION; SILURIAN; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

ALTAI MOUNTAINS; BEISHAN; CHINA; GANSU; MAZONG MOUNTAINS; NEI MONGGOL;

EID: 84861830826     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756811000884     Document Type: Article

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