Subduction-related origin of the 750 Ma Xuelongbao adakitic complex (Sichuan Province, China): Implications for the tectonic setting of the giant Neoproterozoic magmatic event in South China

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 248, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 286-300

  Zhou, Mei Fu ^a   Yan, Dan Ping ^b   Wang, Chang Liang ^b   Qi, Liang ^a   Kennedy, Allen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

adakitic magma; dating; granitoid; Neoproterozoic; South China; subduction

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITE; PETROLOGY; TECTONICS;

ADAKITIC MAGMA; NEOPROTEROZOIC IGNEOUS ASSEMBLAGE; PLUTONIC COMPLEX; SOUTH CHINA; SUBDUCTION;

IGNEOUS ROCKS;

ADAKITE; GRANITOID; MAGMATISM; SHRIMP DATING; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC SETTING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SICHUAN;

ARANEAE;

EID: 33746521878     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.05.032     Document Type: Article

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