Reassessment of continental growth during the accretionary history of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt

Gondwana Research

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 103-125

  Kroner A ^a,b   Kovach, V ^c   Belousova, E ^d   Hegner, E ^e   Armstrong, R ^f   Dolgopolova, A ^f   Seltmann, R ^f   Alexeiev, D V ^g   Hoffmann, J E ^h   Wong, J ⁱ   Sun, M ⁱ   Cai, K ⁱ   Wang, T ^j   Tong, Y ^j   Wilde, S A ^k   Degtyarev, K E ^g   Rytsk, E ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY AND GEOCHRONOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^d MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^f DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^g GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^h UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^j INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^k CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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Author keywords

Central Asian Orogenic Belt; Crustal growth; Crustal reworking; Juvenile crust; Nd Hf isotopes

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; GRANITOID; ISLAND ARC; MANTLE PLUME; OROGENIC BELT; PALEOZOIC; PROTEROZOIC; TECTONIC SETTING;

EID: 84886952893     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2012.12.023     Document Type: Review

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