Absence of Archean basement in the South Kunlun Block: Nd-Sr-O isotopic evidence from granitoids

Island Arc

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 13-21

  Yuan, Chao ^a,b   Sun, Min ^a   Zhou, Mei Fu ^a   Zhou, Hui ^c   Xiao, Wenjiao ^d   Li, Jiliang ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Granitoids; Nd Sr O isotopes; Tibetan Plateau; West Kunlun

Indexed keywords

EMPLACEMENT; GRANITOID; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PALEOZOIC; PETROGENESIS; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

CHINA;

EID: 0037339061     PISSN: 10384871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1738.2003.00376.x     Document Type: Article

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