CO-EVOLUTION OF PROTEROZOIC CRATONIC FRAGMENTS IN WESTERN AND NORTHERN MONGOLIA
https://doi.org/10.5800/GT-2017-8-3-0251
Abstract
CAOB occupies a vast area that extends from the Urals to the Far East Asia and from the Siberian craton to the North China and Tarim cratons (Fig. 1, A). In order to better constrain Precambrian tectonic evolution of the CAOB, it is important to revisit Precambrian terranes of Mongolia as outlined in Badarch et al. [2002] that contain Archean to Proterozoic metamorphic basement and Neoproterozoic metasedimentary and volcanic rocks.
About the Authors
Uyanga Bold
University of Tokyo
Japan
Japan
Department of Earth Science and Astronomy,
Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8902
Francis Macdonald
Harvard University
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Earth and Planetary Sciences Department,
Cambridge, MA 02138
Yukio Isozaki
University of Tokyo
Japan
Japan
Department of Earth Science and Astronomy,
Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8902
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Bold U., Macdonald F., Isozaki Yu. CO-EVOLUTION OF PROTEROZOIC CRATONIC FRAGMENTS IN WESTERN AND NORTHERN MONGOLIA. Geodynamics & Tectonophysics. 2017;8(3):417-420. https://doi.org/10.5800/GT-2017-8-3-0251
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