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Geodynamic evolution of Central Asia in the Paleozoic and Mesozoic

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Acknowledgments

We acknowledge the reviewers of papers in this volume for their comments, suggestions and criticism. They are, in alphabetical order: D. Alexeiev, M. Allen, P.R. Castillo, P.A. Cawood, J. Charvet, B. Chen, W.-Ch. F.A. Dullo, G. Dupont-Nivet, J. Gao, R. Glen, C. Johnson, K. de Jong, R. Klemd, A. Kröner, S. Lin, J. Liou, B. Natalin, A. Polat, K. Schulmann, R. Seltmann, G. Shellnutt, W. Siebel, E. Sobel, M. Sun, J. Whalen, S. Wilde, B.F. Windley, F. Wu, W. Xiao, A. Yin, T. Zack, H. Zhang, and L. Zhang. We thank the Sino-German Centre in Beijing for generous funding of the Sino-German workshop and the Chinese State 973 Project (2007CB411307) and the National Science Fundation for Distinguished Young Scholars (40725009) for financial support. This volume is a contribution to the International Lithosphere Program (Earth Accretionary Systems Task Force I, and Topo-Central-Asia CC-1/4), and to IGCP Project 480.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Lithospheric Evolution, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

    Wenjiao Xiao

  2. Institut für Geowissenschaften, Universität Mainz, Becherweg 21, 55099, Mainz, Germany

    Alfred Kröner

  3. SHRIMP Centre, Geological Institute, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing, China

    Alfred Kröner

  4. Department of Geology, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK

    Brian Windley

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Xiao, W., Kröner, A. & Windley, B. Geodynamic evolution of Central Asia in the Paleozoic and Mesozoic. Int J Earth Sci (Geol Rundsch) 98, 1185–1188 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00531-009-0418-4

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