Mesozoic cooling across the Yidun Arc, central-eastern Tibetan Plateau: A reconnaissance 40Ar/39Ar study

Tectonophysics

Volumn 398, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 45-66

  Reid, Anthony J ^a,c   Wilson, Christopher J L ^a   Phillips, David ^a   Liu, Shun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c Geological Survey Branch   (Australia)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar thermochronology; Mesozoic; Tibet; Yidun Arc

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; COLLISION ZONE; COOLING; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; MESOZOIC;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; WORLD;

MICA;

EID: 15444380763     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2005.01.002     Document Type: Article

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