Age and origin of high Ba-Sr appinite-granites at the northwestern margin of the Tibet Plateau: Implications for early Paleozoic tectonic evolution of the Western Kunlun orogenic belt

Gondwana Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 126-138

  Ye, Hai Min ^a   Li, Xian Hua ^b   Li, Zheng Xiang ^c   Zhang, Chuan Lin ^a  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^b GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Buya high Ba Sr appinite granite; Geochemistry; Geochronology; Petrogenesis; Tectonic implications; West Kunlun orogenic belt

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITE; OROGENIC BELT; PALEOZOIC; STRONTIUM; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

CHINA; KUNLUN MOUNTAINS; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 36749026205     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2007.08.005     Document Type: Article

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