LA-ICPMS U-Pb Ages of Zircon from Metaleucosomes, Olongbuluke Microcontinent, North Qaidam, and Implications on the Response to the Global Rodinia Supercontinent Assembly Event in NW China

Journal of China University of Geosciences

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 238-245

  Wang, Shuqing ^a   Li, Xiaoyan ^a   Chen, Nengsong ^a   Wang, Xinyu ^a   Wang, Qinyan ^a   Liu, Xiaoming ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

metamorphosed leucosome; northwest Qaidam; Rodinia supercontinent assembly; U Pb age; zircon overgrowth

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEUCOSOME; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METAMORPHISM; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QAIDAM BASIN; QINGHAI;

EID: 33750973935     PISSN: 10020705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1002-0705(06)60033-2     Document Type: Article

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