Mesozoic monazite in neoproterozoic metasediments: Evidence for low-grade metamorphism of Sinian sediments during Triassic continental collision, Liaodong Peninsula, NE China

Geochemical Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 47-55

  Wan, Yusheng ^a,b   Song, Tianrui ^a   Liu, Dunyi ^a,b   Yang, Tiannan ^a   Yin, Xiaoyan ^a,b   Chen, Zhenyu ^c   Zhang, Qiaoda ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b Beijing SHRIMP Centre   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

Dabie Sulu Orogenic Belt; Dalian; Metamorphic monazite; Shisanlitai Formation; SHRIMP dating; Triassic

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; LOW GRADE METAMORPHISM; METASEDIMENT; MONAZITE; SHRIMP DATING; SINIAN; TRIASSIC;

ASIA; CHINA; DALIAN; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LIAODONG PENINSULA; LIAONING;

SINIA;

EID: 34147195510     PISSN: 00167002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2343/geochemj.41.47     Document Type: Article

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