Neoproterozoic granitoid in northwest Sulu and its bearing on the North China-South China Blocks boundary in east China

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2004, Pages

  Wu, Yuan Bao ^a   Zheng, Yong Fei ^a   Zhou, Jian Bo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PRESSURE EFFECTS; TECTONICS;

CONTINENTAL SUBDUCTION; METAMORPHIC BELT; TECTONIC SLICES;

METAMORPHIC ROCKS;

CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; GRANITOID; MAGMATISM; PROTEROZOIC; SUPERCONTINENT; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NORTH CHINA BLOCK; SOUTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 3042781521     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL019785     Document Type: Article

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