EMP chemical ages of monazites from Central Zone of the eastern Kunlun Orogen: Records of multi-tectonometamorphic events

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 52, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 2252-2263

  Chen, Nengsong ^a,b   Sun, Min ^b   Wang, Qingyan ^a   Zhao, Guochun ^b   Chen, Qiang ^a   Shu, Guiming ^c  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Converge of the Gondwanaland; Eastern Kunlun Orogen; Electron microprobe Th U Pbtotal age; Monazite; Northern Qinghai Tibet Plateau; Tethys evolution; Zoned garnet

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548063702     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-007-0299-5     Document Type: Article

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