Determination of U-Pb age and rare earth element concentrations of zircons from Cenozoic intrusions in northeastern China by laser ablation ICP-MS

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 48, Issue 22, 2003, Pages 2411-2421

  Yuan, Honglin ^a   Wu, Fuyuan ^b   Gao, Shan ^a,c   Liu, Xiaoming ^a   Xu, Ping ^b   Sun, Deyou ^d  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^d JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cenozoic; Gabbro; LA ICPMS; Syenite; U Pb dating; Zircon

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749668205     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/03wd0139     Document Type: Article

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