Neoproterozoic collisional deformation in the core of the Qinling orogen and its age: Constrained by zircon SHRIMP dating of strongly deformed syn-collisional granites and weakly deformed granitic veins

Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition)

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 220-231

  Wang, Tao ^a   Zhang, Zonqing ^a   Wang, Xiaoxia ^b   Wang, Yanbin ^a   Zhang, Chengli ^c  

^a GAGS   (China)

^b CHINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (China)

^c NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Continental assembles; Isotope geochemistry; Pluton; Proterozoic deformation; Rodinia; Zircon U Pb age

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OROGENY; RODINIA; SHRIMP DATING;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINLING MOUNTAINS; WORLD;

EID: 22744454349     PISSN: 10009515     EISSN: 17556724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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