Granitic magmatism on the early Paleozoic UHP belt of northern Qaidam, NW China

Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition)

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 658-674

  Wu, Cailai ^a   Yang, Jingsui ^a   Xu, Zhiqin ^a   Wooden, Joseph L ^a   Ireland, Trevor ^b   Li, Haibing ^a   Shi, Rendeng ^a   Meng, Fancong ^a   Chen, Songyong ^a   Persing, Harold ^b   Meibom, Anders ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Granite association; Northern Qaidam; Zircon SHRIMP dating

Indexed keywords

GRANITE; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MAGMATISM; METAMORPHIC FACIES; PALEOZOIC;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QAIDAM BASIN; QINGHAI; WORLD;

EID: 19944430819     PISSN: 10009515     EISSN: 17556724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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