Thermochronology of the Yidun Arc, central eastern Tibetan Plateau: Constraint from 40Ar/39Ar K-feldspar and apatite fission track data

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 915-935

  Reid, Anthony J ^a,b   Fowler, Andrew P ^a   Phillips, David ^a   Wilson, Christopher J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar; Apatite fission track; K feldspar; Thermochronology; Tibet

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; CENOZOIC; COLLISION ZONE; DENUDATION; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

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

EID: 27744560868     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2004.09.002     Document Type: Article

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