Late Proterozoic magmatism and metamorphism recorded in gneisses from the Dabie high-pressure metamorphic zone, eastern China: Evidence from zircon U-Pb geochronology

Precambrian Research

Volumn 120, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 131-148

  Chen, Fukun ^a,b   Siebel, Wolfgang ^b   Guo, Jinghui ^a   Cong, Bolin ^a   Satir, Muharrem ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dabie; Late Proterozoic; Magmatism; Metamorphism; Zircon U Pb age

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GNEISS; MAGMATISM; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PROTEROZOIC; QUARTZITE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM; ZIRCON;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHRONOLOGY; CRYSTALLIZATION; EVOLUTION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOLOGICAL ERA; GEOLOGY; GRANITE; METAMORPHOSIS; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT;

CHINA;

EID: 0037428156     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(02)00162-6     Document Type: Article

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