Time and tectonic setting of the Xixiang Group: Constraints from zircon U-Pb geochronology and geochemistry

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 818-831

  Ling, Wenli ^a,b   Gao, Shan ^a,c   Ouyang, Jianping ^a   Zhang, Beren ^a   Li, Huimin ^d  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d TIANJIN INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Tectonic setting; U Pb chronology; Xixiang Group; Yangtze block

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPES; RUBIDIUM; STRONTIUM; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

TECTONIC SETTING;

TECTONICS;

ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PROTEROZOIC; SHRIMP DATING; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; VOLCANIC ROCK; ZIRCON;

CHINA;

EID: 0036764416     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/02yd9081     Document Type: Article

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