U-Pb dating of zircon from the Central Zone of the East Kunlun Orogen and its implications for tectonic evolution

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 929-938

  Chen, NengSong ^a,b   Sun, Min ^b   Wang, QinYan ^a   Zhang, KeXin ^a   Wan, YuSheng ^c   Chen, HaiHong ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c Beijing SHRIMP Center   (China)

Author keywords

East Kunlun Orogen; Proto Tethys; Tectonic evolution; Zircon U Pb dating

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; LEAD; LEAD ALLOYS; SILICATE MINERALS;

CENTRAL ZONE (CZ); EAST KUNLUN; LA-ICP-MS; ORTHOGNEISSES; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; U PB DATING; WEIGHTED AVERAGING;

ZIRCON;

AMPHIBOLITE; CAMBRIAN; ORTHOGNEISS; PALEOZOIC; PRECAMBRIAN; SHRIMP DATING; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ALTUN MOUNTAINS; ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QAIDAM BASIN; QINGHAI;

EID: 47249160308     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-008-0072-x     Document Type: Article

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