Zircon U-Pb SHRIMP dating of the Yematan batholith in Dulan, North Qaidam, NW China

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 49, Issue 16, 2004, Pages 1736-1740

  Wu, Cailai ^a   Yang, Jingsui ^a   Wooden, Joseph L ^b   Shi, Rendeng ^a   Chen, Songyong ^a   Meibom, Anders ^b   Mattinson, Chris ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

UHP belt of North Qaidam; Yematan batholith; Zircon U Pb SHRIMP dating

Indexed keywords

EID: 31544476732     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/03wd0347     Document Type: Article

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