The age of the Gaojiacun mafic-ultramafic intrusive complex in the Yanbian area, Sichuan Province: Geochronological constraints by U-Pb dating of single zircon grains and 40Ar/39 Ar dating of hornblende

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1077-1085

  Zhu, Weiguang ^a,b   Deng, Hailin ^a   Liu, Bingguang ^c   Li, Chaoyang ^a   Qin, Yu ^d   Luo, Yaonan ^e   Li, Zhide ^f   Pi, Daohui ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d Sichuan Bureau of Metallurgical Geology and Mineral Exploration   (China)

^e Sichuan Bureau of Geology and Mineral Exploration and Development   (China)

^f CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Gaojiacun; Geochronology; Mafic ultramafic intrusive complex

Indexed keywords

EID: 4544267341     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/03wd0570     Document Type: Article

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