Nature of the Precambrian metamorphic blocks in the eastern segment of Central Tianshan: Constraint from geochronology and Nd isotopic geochemistry

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1085-1094

  Liu, Shuwen ^a,b   Guo, Zhaojie ^a,b   Zhang, Zhicheng ^a,b   Li, Qiugen ^a,b   Zheng, Haifei ^a,b  

^a Peking University   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Active continental margin; Central Tianshan Tectonic Zone; Granitoid gneisses; Isotopic chronology; Precambrian metamorpic blocks; Supercontinent Rodinia

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ISOTOPES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; TECTONICS;

GRANITOID GNEISSES; ISOCHRON AGE; ISOTOPIC DISCORDIA; MANTLE;

METAMORPHIC ROCKS;

METAMORPHISM; PRECAMBRIAN;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; TIEN SHAN; WORLD;

EID: 20644464302     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/03yd0177     Document Type: Article

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