The nature of the early precambrian continental crust and its tectonic evolution model

Acta Petrologica Sinica

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1996, Pages

  Qian, Xianglin ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Continental crust; Early Precambrian; Tectonic evolution

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY; METALS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ADDITIONAL BUOYANCY; CONTINENTAL CRUSTS; DUCTILE DEFORMATIONS; GEOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURES; HIGH-PRESSURE GRANULITES; PRECAMBRIAN; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

TECTONICS;

EID: 84978001863     PISSN: 10000569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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