Paleoproterozoic lower crust beneath Nushan in Anhui Province: Evidence from zircon SHRIMP U-Pb dating on granulite xenoliths in Cenozoic alkali basalt

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 48, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 1381-1385

  Huang, Xiaolong ^a   Xu, Yigang ^a   Liu, Dunyi ^b   Jian, Ping ^b  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Granulite xenoliths; Nushan; Paleoproterozoic; Zircon U Pb dating

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745201427     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/02wd0507     Document Type: Article

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