Middle Paleozoic convergent orogenic belts in western Inner Mongolia (China): Framework, kinematics, geochronology and implications for tectonic evolution of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt

Gondwana Research

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1342-1364

  Xu, Bei ^a   Charvet, Jacques ^b   Chen, Yan ^b   Zhao, Pan ^a   Shi, Guanzhong ^a  

^a Peking University   (China)

^b STATION DE RADIOASTRONOMIE DE NANÇAY   (France)

Author keywords

Central Asian Orogenic Belt; Inner Mongolia; M lange, foreland basin; Paleo Asian Ocean

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONVERGENT MARGIN; FOLD BELT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; KINEMATICS; OROGENIC BELT; PALEOZOIC; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

CHINA; NEI MONGGOL;

EID: 84875374582     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2012.05.015     Document Type: Article

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