The age of the Potassic alkaline igneous rocks along the Ailao Shan-Red River shear zone: Implications for the onset age of left-lateral shearing

Journal of Geology

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 231-242

  Liang, Hua Ying ^a   Campbell, Ian H ^a,b   Allen, Charlotte M ^a,b   Sun, Wei Dong ^a   Yu, Heng Xiang ^a,c   Xie, Ying Weng ^a   Zhang, Yu Quan ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Guilin Institute of Technology   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE ROCK; IGNEOUS ROCK; ISOTOPIC RATIO; POTASSIC ROCK; SHEAR ZONE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

AILAO MOUNTAINS; ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA; YUNNAN;

EID: 33947274701     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/510801     Document Type: Article

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