Melting of subducted continent: Element and isotopic evidence for a genetic relationship between Neoproterozoic and Mesozoic granitoids in the Sulu orogen

Chemical Geology

Volumn 229, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 227-256

  Huang, Jie ^a,b   Zheng, Yong Fei ^a,c   Zhao, Zi Fu ^a   Wu, Yuan Bao ^a   Zhou, Jian Bo ^a   Liu, Xiaoming ^c  

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

^b INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^c NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Continental collision; Hydrothermal alteration; O isotope; Rift magmatism; Source correlation; Trace element; U Pb age; Zircon

Indexed keywords

GRANITOID; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MELTING; OROGENY; SUBDUCTION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; PHILIPPINES; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SULU; WESTERN MINDANAO; YANGTZE PLATFORM;

EID: 33645151579     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2005.11.007     Document Type: Article

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