LA-ICP-MS zircon U-Pb dating of the gabbro from the Guanzizhen ophiolite in the northern margin of the western Qinling and its geological significance

Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition)

Volumn 81, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1550-1561

  Pei, Xianzhi ^a   Ding, Saping ^a   Li, Zuochen ^a   Liu, Zhanqing ^a   Li, Gaoyang ^a   Li, Ruibao ^a   Wang, Fei ^a   Li, Fujie ^a  

^a CHANG'AN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Gabbro; LA ICP MS; Late Cambrian; Ophiolite; Tianshui area; U Pb age; Western Qinling; Zircon

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; GABBRO; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; OCEAN BASIN; OPHIOLITE; OROGENIC BELT; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GANSU; QINLING MOUNTAINS; TIANSHUI;

EID: 38849167370     PISSN: 10009515     EISSN: 17556724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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