The distribution of time and space of Chinese ophiolites, and their tectonic settings

Acta Petrologica Sinica

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-8

  Zhang, Qi ^a   Zhou, GuoQing ^b   Wang, Yan ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Age; China; Distribution; Geochemistry; Ophiolites; Tectonic settings

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

CHINA; DISTRIBUTION; EARLY PALEOZOIC; NORTH CHINA BLOCKS; OPHIOLITES; PALEO-ASIAN OCEAN; SUPRASUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC SETTINGS;

LITHOLOGY;

GEOCHEMISTRY; OPHIOLITE; PHANEROZOIC; TECTONIC SETTING;

CHINA;

EID: 84978017217     PISSN: 10000569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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