Paleozoic Accretionary Terranes in Northern Tianshan,NW China
During the paleozoic,the Northern Tianshan region of China in Central Asia consists of 7 allochthonous terranes which were situated in the ancient sino-Mongolian Ocean as volcanic arcs and splitted continental fragments.The tectonic framework was similar to that of Southwest pacific today,In the Lat...
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| Published in | Chinese journal of geochemistry Vol. 19; no. 3; pp. 193 - 202 |
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| Format | Journal Article |
| Language | English |
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01.08.2000
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| Summary: | During the paleozoic,the Northern Tianshan region of China in Central Asia consists of 7 allochthonous terranes which were situated in the ancient sino-Mongolian Ocean as volcanic arcs and splitted continental fragments.The tectonic framework was similar to that of Southwest pacific today,In the Late Paleozoic,these terranes started mutual amalgamation to cause strong thrusting.At thd end of Carboniferous,the Sino-mongolian ocean including several inter-terrane small sea basins closed and these terranes accreted on the margins of the Siberian and Tarim continents,The 6 ophiolitic zones zomong the terranes recorded this collision event. |
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| Bibliography: | P534.4 52-1043/P |
| ISSN: | 1000-9426 1993-0364 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/BF03166877 |