Timing of collision of the North and South China blocks: Controversy and reconciliation

Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 123-126

  Meng, Qing Ren ^a   Zhang, Guo Wei ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETISM;

DIFFERENT AGES; GEOMAGNETIC DATA; LATE PALEOZOIC; MESOZOIC EVOLUTION; NORTH CHINA BLOCKS; QINLING OROGEN; SOUTH CHINA BLOCK; SOUTH QINLING OROGEN;

TIMING CIRCUITS;

CHRONOLOGY; COLLISION ZONE; OROGENY;

CHINA;

EID: 84879882260     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1999)027<0123:TOCOTN>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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