Tectonic setting of the Wuwamen ophiolite at the southern margin of Middle Tianshan Belt

Acta Petrologica Sinica

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 37-44

  Dong, YunPeng ^a   Zhou, DingWu ^a   Zhang, GuoWei ^a   Zhang, ChengLi ^a   Xia, LinQi ^b   Xu, XueYi ^b   Li, XiangMin ^b  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XI AN INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

Back arc basin; Geochemistry; Ophiolitic m lange; Tianshan orogenic belt

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; BASALT; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOLOGY; LEAD; LITHOLOGY; SAMARIUM; TECTONICS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; YTTERBIUM;

BACK-ARC BASIN; COMPOSITIONAL FEATURES; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTIC; LITHOLOGICAL FEATURES; METAMORPHIC BASEMENTS; OROGENIC BELTS; TECTONIC SETTINGS;

FAULTING;

GEOCHEMISTRY; OPHIOLITE;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; TIEN SHAN; WORLD;

EID: 84977992922     PISSN: 10000569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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