Tectonic setting and provenance of the Kudi flysch in west Kunlun mountains, Xingjiang province;新疆西昆仑库地复理石源区性质及构造背景分析

Yanshi Xuebao/Acta Petrologica Sinica

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 153-166

  Fang, AiMin ^a   Li, JiLiang ^a   Hou, QuanLin ^a   Liu, XiaoHan ^a   Xiao, Wenjiao ^a   Yu, Liangjun ^a   Zhou, Hui ^b  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Flysch; Fore arc basin; Kudi ophiolite zone; Provenance; Tectonic settings; West Kunlun

Indexed keywords

EID: 85168648445     PISSN: 10000569     EISSN: 20958927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.0000/21cb08ad09dc47658eae4209e8535bf8     Document Type: Article

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