SHRIMP zircon U-Pb age and Nd isotopic study on the nyainqêntanglha group in tibet

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1377-1386

  Hu, Daogong ^a   Wu, Zhenhan ^a   Jiang, Wan ^a   Shi, Yuruo ^b   Ye, Peisheng ^a   Liu, Qisheng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Nd isotope; Neoproterozoic; Nyainq ntanglha group; SHRIMP dating; Tibet

Indexed keywords

CATHODOLUMINESCENCE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LEAD; TECTONICS; URANIUM; VOLCANOES; ZIRCON;

DEPLETED MANTLES; ION MICROPROBES; MAFIC ROCKS; METAMORPHIC SEQUENCES; NYAINQÊNTANGLHA GROUPS; PROTOLITH AGES;

EARTH SCIENCES;

GRANITE; METAMORPHIC ROCK; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PROTEROZOIC; PROTOLITH; SHRIMP DATING; TECTONIC SETTING; TRONDHJEMITE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NYAINQENTANGLHA MOUNTAINS; XIZANG;

EID: 33845708637     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/04yd0183     Document Type: Article

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