Discovery of khondalite series from the western segment of Altyn Tagh and their petrological and geochronological studies

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 308-316

  Zhang, Jianxin ^a   Zhang, Zeming ^a   Xu, Zhiqin ^a   Yang, Jingsui ^a   Cui, Junwen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Granulitic facies; Khondalite series; Pb Pb isotopic dating; U Pb isotopic dating; Western segment of Altyn Tagh

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANULITE FACIES; KHONDALITE; METAMORPHISM; ORDOVICIAN; PETROLOGY; PROTOLITH;

ALTYN TAGH; CHINA; TIBET;

EID: 0033936673     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02906827     Document Type: Article

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