Late Ediacaran Subduction Initiation in the Southern Altaids

Bo Liu; Baofu Han

doi:10.1007/s12583-025-2040-1

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Bo Liu, Baofu Han. Late Ediacaran Subduction Initiation in the Southern Altaids. Journal of Earth Science, 2025, 36(6): 2803-2806. doi: 10.1007/s12583-025-2040-1

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Bo Liu, Baofu Han. Late Ediacaran Subduction Initiation in the Southern Altaids. Journal of Earth Science, 2025, 36(6): 2803-2806. doi: 10.1007/s12583-025-2040-1

Bo Liu, Baofu Han. Late Ediacaran Subduction Initiation in the Southern Altaids. Journal of Earth Science, 2025, 36(6): 2803-2806. doi: 10.1007/s12583-025-2040-1

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Bo Liu, Baofu Han. Late Ediacaran Subduction Initiation in the Southern Altaids. Journal of Earth Science, 2025, 36(6): 2803-2806. doi: 10.1007/s12583-025-2040-1

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Late Ediacaran Subduction Initiation in the Southern Altaids

doi: 10.1007/s12583-025-2040-1

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Department of Geology, School of Resources and Civil Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China
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State Key Laboratory of Deep Earth and Mineral Exploration, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing 100037, China
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Department of Geological Sciences, Stockholm University, Stockholm 10691, Sweden
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Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Orogenic Belts and Crustal Evolution, School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China

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Corresponding author: Bo Liu, liubo@mail.neu.edu.cn
Received Date: 27 Jun 2025
Accepted Date: 25 Sep 2025
Issue Publish Date: 30 Dec 2025

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Electronic Supplementary Materials: Supplementary materials (Tables S1) are available in the online version of this article at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12583-025-2040-1.
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