A review of mineral systems and associated tectonic settings of northern Xinjiang, NW China
In this paper we present a review of mineral systems in northern Xinjiang, NW China, focussing on the Tianshan, West and East Junggar and Altay orogenic belts, all of which are part of the greater Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB). The CAOB is a complex collage of ancient microcontinents, island ar...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2011-04-01
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| Series: | Geoscience Frontiers |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674987111000235 |