Geochemistry and zircon U-Pb ages of granulite xenolith from Tuoyun basalts, Xinjiang: Implications for the petrogenesis and the lower crustal nature beneath the southwestern Tianshan

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1242-1251

  Zheng, Jianping ^a   Luo, Zhaohua ^a   Yu, Chunmei ^a   Yu, Xiaolu ^a   Zhang, Ruisheng ^a   Lu, Fengxiang ^a   Li, Huimin ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b TIANJIN INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

granulite xenoliths; lower crust; petrochemistry; petrogenesis; southwestern Tianshan; zircon U Pb ages

Indexed keywords

EID: 38849178682     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03183700     Document Type: Article

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