Two contrasting Phanerozoic orogenic systems revealed by hafnium isotope data
Two fundamentally different orogenic systems have existed on Earth throughout the Phanerozoic. Circum-Pacific accretionary orogens are the external orogenic system formed around the Pacific rim, where oceanic lithosphere semicontinuously subducts beneath continental lithosphere. In contrast, the int...
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| Format: | Journal Article |
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Nature Publishing Group, Macmillan Publishers Ltd
2011
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/53938 |