Geochemical constraints on the petrogenesis of the Proterozoic granitoid gneisses from the eastern segment of the Central Tianshan Tectonic Zone, northwestern China

Geological Magazine

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 305-317

  Li, Qiugen ^a,b   Liu, Shuwen ^a   Wan, Zongqi ^b   Yan, Quanren ^a   Guo, Zhaojie ^a   Zhang, Zhicheng ^a   Zheng, Haifei ^a   Jiang, Chunfa ^b   Wang, Tao ^b   Chu, Zhuyin ^c  

^a Peking University   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Granitoid gneisses; Petrogenesis; Proterozoic; Tectonic setting

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; BINARY ALLOYS; EUROPIUM; GEOCHEMISTRY; HAFNIUM ALLOYS; IGNEOUS ROCKS; IRON OXIDES; LITHOLOGY; MAGNESIA; MELTING; METEORITES; NEODYMIUM COMPOUNDS; QUARTZ; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TECTONICS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZIRCALOY;

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; GEOCHEMICAL FEATURES; GEOGRAPHIC VARIABILITY; GRANITOID GNEISS; PETROGENESIS; PROTEROZOIC; TECTONIC SETTINGS;

METAMORPHIC ROCKS;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; GEOCHEMISTRY; GNEISS; GRANITOID; LITHOLOGY; MANTLE SOURCE; PALEOZOIC; PARTIAL MELTING; PETROGENESIS; PROTEROZOIC; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SUTURE ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING; TRACE ELEMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; TIEN SHAN;

EID: 33947222084     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756806002688     Document Type: Article

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