Neoproterozoic anatexis of Archean lithosphere: Geochemical evidence from felsic to mafic intrusions at Xiaofeng in the Yangtze Gorge, South China

Precambrian Research

Volumn 163, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 210-238

  Zhang, Shao Bing ^a,b   Zheng, Yong Fei ^a,c   Zhao, Zi Fu ^a   Wu, Yuan Bao ^d   Yuan, Honglin ^c   Wu, Fu Yuan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Hf isotope; Neoproterozoic magmatism; O isotope; Orogenic collapse; U Pb age; Zircon

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; ANATEXIS; ARC-CONTINENT COLLISION; ARCHEAN; DIKE; FELSIC ROCK; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; LITHOSPHERE; MAFIC ROCK; MODELING; PETROGENESIS; PROTEROZOIC; RODINIA; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HUBEI; XIAOFENG; YANGTZE VALLEY;

EID: 43049153426     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2007.12.003     Document Type: Article

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