Protolith natures and U-Pb sensitive high mass-resolution ion microprobe (SHRIMP) zircon ages of the metabasites in Hainan Island, South China: Implications for geodynamic evolution since the late Precambrian

Island Arc

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 575-597

  Xu, De Ru ^a   Xia, Bin ^a   Li, Peng Chun ^a,b   Chen, Guang Hao ^a   Ma, Ci ^a,b   Zhang, Yu Quan ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Gondwana; Hainan Island; Intraoceanic subduction; Metabasite; Paleo Tethys; SHRIMP U Pb dating on zircon; South China

Indexed keywords

CALEDONIAN OROGENY; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRYSTALLIZATION; GEODYNAMICS; GONDWANA; ION MICROPROBE; ISLAND ARC; METABASITE; OCEAN BASIN; OCEAN ISLAND BASALT; PRECAMBRIAN; PROTOLITH; SUBDUCTION ZONE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HAINAN; YANGTZE PLATFORM;

EID: 35948974730     PISSN: 10384871     EISSN: 14401738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1738.2007.00584.x     Document Type: Article

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