Paleoproterozoic granitic gneisses of the Dinggye and LhagoiKangri areas from the higher and northern Himalaya, Tibet: Geochronology and implications

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 240-248

  Liao, QunAn ^a   Li, DeWei ^a   Lu, Lian ^a   Yuan, YieMing ^a   Chu, LingLin ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Basement; Geochronology; Granitic gneiss; Higher Himalaya; Indian; Paleoproterozoic

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITE; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; ZIRCON;

GRANITIC GNEISS; INTERIOR STRUCTURE; MINERAL ASSEMBLAGE; PALEOPROTEROZOIC;

METAMORPHIC ROCKS;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; CRYSTALLINE ROCK; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GNEISS; GRANITE; GRANULITE FACIES; MAGMA; PROTEROZOIC; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SHRIMP DATING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HIMALAYAS; XIZANG;

EID: 38549133880     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-008-0002-y     Document Type: Article

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