SHRIMP U-Pb zircon geochronology of granulites at Rimana (Southern Tibet) in the central segment of Himalayan Orogen

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 48, Issue 23, 2003, Pages 2647-2650

  Li, Dewei ^a   Liao, Qunan ^a   Yuan, Yanming ^a   Wan, Yusheng ^b   Liu, Demin ^a   Zhang, Xionghua ^a   Yi, Shunhua ^a   Cao, Shuzhao ^a   Xie, Defan ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Granulite; Late Cenozoic; The Himalayas; U Pb dating

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749663110     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/03wd0080     Document Type: Article

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