Post-collisional, potassic monzonite-minette complex (Shahewan) in the Qinling Mountains (central China): 40Ar/39Ar thermochronology, petrogenesis, and implications for the dynamic setting of the Qinling orogen

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 153-166

  Wang, Fei ^a   Lu, Xin Xiang ^b   Lo, Ching Hua ^c   Wu, Fu Yuan ^a   He, Huai Yu ^a   Yang, Lie Kun ^a   Zhu, Ri Xiang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b Henan Institute of Geology   (China)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar thermochronology; Dynamic setting; Petrogenesis; Potassic monzonite minette complex; The Qinling orogen

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; BIOTITE; DEFORMATION; DIKE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MANTLE SOURCE; MINETTE; MONZONITE; OROGENIC BELT; PARTIAL MELTING; PETROGENESIS; POTASSIC ROCK; TECTONIC SETTING; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINLING MOUNTAINS;

EID: 35148898723     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2007.06.002     Document Type: Article

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