Paleozoic multiple accretionary and collisional tectonics of the Chinese Tianshan orogenic collage

Gondwana Research

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1316-1341

  Xiao, Wenjiao ^a,b   Windley, Brian F ^c   Allen, Mark B ^d   Han, Chunming ^a,b  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accretion; Altaids; Late Carboniferous Permian; Mediterranean type scenario; Tianshan

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; CARBONIFEROUS; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; MODEL; OROGENY; PERMIAN; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

TIEN SHAN;

EID: 84875377512     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2012.01.012     Document Type: Article

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