SHRIMP Zircon U-Pb Age, Geochemistry, and Nd-Sr Isotopes of the Gaojiacun Mafic-Ultramafic Intrusive Complex, Southwest China

International Geology Review

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 650-668

  Zhu, W G ^a   Zhong, H ^a   Deng, H L ^a   Wilson, A H ^b   Liu, B G ^c   Li, C Y ^a   Qin, Y ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d Bureau of Metallurgical Geology and Mineral Exploration   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; MAFIC ROCK; MANTLE PLUME; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SHRIMP DATING; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JILIN; YANBIAN;

EID: 33746757604     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0020-6814.48.7.650     Document Type: Article

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