SHRIMP U-Pb zircon age, geochemistry and Nd-Hf isotope of Neoproterozoic mafic dyke swarms in western Sichuan: Petrogenesis and tectonic significance

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-16

  Lin, GuangChun ^a,b   Li, XianHua ^a   Li, WuXian ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Kangdian Rift; Mafic dykes; Neoproterozoic; Rodinia; South China

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; IGNEOUS ROCKS; LEVEES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PETROLOGY; TECTONICS;

GRANITOID COMPLEX; INTRAPLATE BASALTS; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS;

HYDROGEOLOGY;

DIKE SWARM; GEOCHEMISTRY; HAFNIUM; ISLAND ARC; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MAFIC ROCK; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PETROGENESIS; PROTEROZOIC; TECTONIC SETTING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SICHUAN; SOUTH CHINA BLOCK; YANGTZE PLATFORM;

EID: 33846415432     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-007-2018-0     Document Type: Article

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