Timing of major suture zones in North Xinjiang, China: Constraints from stitching plutons;钉合岩体"与新疆北部主要缝合带的形成时

Yanshi Xuebao/Acta Petrologica Sinica

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2233-2246

  Han, Baofu ^a   Guo, Zhaojie ^a   He, Guoqi ^a  

^a Peking University   (China)

Author keywords

North Xinjiang; Post accretion; Post collision; Stitching pluton; Suture zone

Indexed keywords

EID: 85168629012     PISSN: 10000569     EISSN: 20958927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.0000/ce4b89404b7844c19403aad744ee72cd     Document Type: Article

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