Zircon U-Pb and Hf isotopic study of gneissic rocks from the Chinese Altai: Progressive accretionary history in the early to middle Palaeozoic

Chemical Geology

Volumn 247, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 352-383

  Sun, Min ^a   Yuan, Chao ^b   Xiao, Wenjiao ^c   Long, Xiaoping ^a,b   Xia, Xiaoping ^a   Zhao, Guochun ^a   Lin, Shoufa ^d   Wu, Fuyuan ^c   Kroner A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^e JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Altaids; Gneiss; Hf isotope; U Pb age; Zircon

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GNEISS; GRANITOID; HAFNIUM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PALEOZOIC; PETROLOGY; SOURCE ROCK; SUBDUCTION; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ALTAI MOUNTAINS; ASIA; EURASIA;

EID: 37749018328     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2007.10.026     Document Type: Article

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