Destruction of North China Craton: Insights from temporal and spatial evolution of the proto-basins and magmatism

Science China Earth Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 464-478

  Li, HongYan ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Mesozoic; North China Craton; proto basin; superficial geology; temporal and spatial evolution

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES;

DOMINANT MECHANISM; MESOZOIC; MULTIPLE INTERACTIONS; NORTH CHINA CRATON; PALEO-ASIAN OCEAN; PROTO-BASIN; TECTONIC ACTIVITY; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL EVOLUTIONS;

NATURAL SCIENCES;

BASIN EVOLUTION; COLLISION ZONE; CRATON; MAGMATISM; MESOZOIC; PACIFIC PLATE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 84874105160     PISSN: 16747313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-012-4534-9     Document Type: Article

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