Spatial-temporal framework of the Gangdese Orogenic Belt and its evolution

Acta Petrologica Sinica

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 521-533

  Pan, GuiTang ^a   Mo, XuanXue ^b   Hou, ZengQian ^c   Zhu, DiCheng ^a   Wang, LiQuan ^a   Li, GuangMing ^a   Zhao, ZhiDan ^b   Geng, QuanRu ^a   Liao, ZhongLi ^a  

^a CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

Arc forming; Bi directional subduction; Evolutional history; Gangdese Orogenic Belt; Tectonic unit

Indexed keywords

COPPER DEPOSITS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOLOGY; VOLCANOES;

BI-DIRECTIONAL; CONTINENT-CONTINENT COLLISIONS; EARLY CRETACEOUS; OROGENIC BELTS; PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS; QINGHAI-TIBETAN PLATEAU; SPATIAL TEMPORALS; TECTONIC FRAMEWORK;

TECTONICS;

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; MAGMATISM; OROGENIC BELT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84978009875     PISSN: 10000569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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