A late Archean tectonic mélange in the Central Orogenic Belt, North China Craton

Tectonophysics

Volumn 608, Issue , 2013, Pages 929-946

  Wang, Junpeng ^a   Kusky, Timothy ^a   Polat, Ali ^a,b   Wang, Lu ^a   Deng, Hao ^a   Wang, Songjie ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Central Orogenic Belt; Late Archean; North China Craton; Tectonic m lange; Zanhuang Massif

Indexed keywords

GALLIUM; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

ARC-CONTINENT COLLISION; ARCHEAN; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; INTRA-OCEANIC ARC; NORTH CHINA CRATON; OROGENIC BELTS; STRUCTURAL RELATIONSHIP; ZANHUANG MASSIF;

TECTONICS;

ARC-CONTINENT COLLISION; ARCHEAN; CONVERGENT MARGIN; FORELAND BASIN; GRANODIORITE; MELANGE; PASSIVE MARGIN; TECTONICS; TONALITE; TRONDHJEMITE;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 84887815661     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2013.07.025     Document Type: Article

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