Onset of mid-crustal extensional flow in southern Tibet: Evidence from U/Pb zircon ages

Geology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 45-48

  Lee, Jeffrey ^a   Whitehouse, Martin J ^b  

^a CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Age dating; Ductile flow; Extensional tectonics; North Himalayan gneiss domes; Tibet; U Pb dating; Zircon

Indexed keywords

EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; ION MICROPROBE;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; PETROLOGY; ZIRCON;

TECTONICS;

DATING METHOD; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FOOTWALL; ION MICROPROBE; MIGMATITE; ORTHOGNEISS; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HIMALAYAS; XIZANG;

EID: 33846349592     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G22842A.1     Document Type: Article

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