U-Pb SHRIMP zircon geochronology and T-t-d history of the Kampa Dome, southern Tibet

Tectonophysics

Volumn 446, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 97-113

  Quigley, M C ^a   Liangjun, Y ^b   Gregory, C ^c   Corvino, A ^a   Sandiford, M ^a   Wilson, C J L ^a   Xiaohan, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Channel flow; Gneiss domes; Himalaya; Structural geology; Tibet; U Pb SHRIMP geochronology

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL THICKENING; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FAULTING; FOLDING; GNEISS; GRANITE; ION MICROPROBE; LEUCOGRANITE; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; OROGENY; PALEOZOIC; SHRIMP DATING; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KAMPA DOME; XIZANG;

EID: 37049039265     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2007.11.004     Document Type: Article

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