An early unroofing in northeastern Tibet? Constraints from 40Ar/39Ar thermochronology on granitoids from the eastern Kunlun range (Qianghai, NW China)

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 107-122

  Mock, Claire ^a   Arnaud, Nicolas Olivier ^a   Cantagrel, Jean Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

Author keywords

Ar 40 Ar 39; India Asia collision; Kunlun range; Thermochronology

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; GRANITOID; THERMOCHRONOLOGY; UNROOFING;

CHINA;

EID: 0032750138     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(99)00133-8     Document Type: Article

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