Zircon U-Pb dating of water-rock interaction during Neoproterozoic rift magmatism in South China

Chemical Geology

Volumn 246, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 65-86

  Wu, Yuan Bao ^a,c   Zheng, Yong Fei ^a   Tang, Jun ^a   Gong, Bing ^a   Zhao, Zi Fu ^a   Liu, Xiaoming ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Granite; Hydrothermal alteration; O isotope; Rift magmatism; U Pb age; Zircon

Indexed keywords

EMPLACEMENT; GRANITE; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MAGMATISM; MELTING; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PROTEROZOIC; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION; ZIRCON;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SOUTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 35548953137     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2007.09.004     Document Type: Article

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