Shrimp zircon age of the aermantai ophiolite in the north Xinjiang area, China and its tectonic implications

Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition)

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 32-37

  Xiao, Wenjiao ^a   Windley, B F ^b   Yan, Quanren ^c   Qin, Kezhang ^a   Chen, Hanlin ^d   Yuan, Chao ^e   Sun, Min ^f   Li, Jiliang ^a   Sun, Shu ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^d ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Central Asia; East Junggar; Intra oceanic arc; Ophiolite; SHRIMP zircon age

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISLAND ARC; OPHIOLITE; OROGENIC BELT; SHRIMP DATING; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; ZIRCON;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; XINJIANG UYGUR;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 33745002007     PISSN: 10009515     EISSN: 17556724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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