Geochronological constraints on 140-85 Ma thermal doming extension in the Dabie orogen, central China

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 801-817

  Xu, Changhai ^a   Zhou, Zuyi ^a   Ma, Changqian ^b   Reiners, Peter W ^c  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooling pattern; Dabie orogen; Geochronology; Thermal doming extension

Indexed keywords

ROCKS; TECTONICS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

THERMAL DOMING;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

COOLING; CRETACEOUS; EXHUMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; OROGENY; P-T-T PATH; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

CHINA;

EID: 0036764016     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/02yd9080     Document Type: Article

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