The age and tectonic environment of the rhyolitic rocks on the western side of Wuyi Mountain, South China

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1053-1063

  Shu, LiangShu ^a   Deng, Ping ^b   Yu, JinHai ^a   Wang, YanBin ^c   Jiang, ShaoYong ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^c Center of Iron Probe in Beijing   (China)

Author keywords

Calc alkaline series; Early stage of Neoproterozoic; Rhyolite; South China; Western Wuyi Mountain

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; CLAY MINERALS; EARTH SCIENCES; FELDSPAR; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); GRANITE; IGNEOUS ROCKS; LANDFORMS; LEAD; OXIDE MINERALS; PETROGRAPHY; QUARTZ; ROCKS; SILICATE MINERALS; SURVEYS; TECTONICS; ZIRCON;

AGE GROUPS; DETRITAL ZIRCONS; GUANGDONG PROVINCE; NEOPROTEROZOIC; PALEOPROTEROZOIC; RHYOLITIC; SANIDINE; SERICITE; SOUTH CHINA; SYSTEMATIC RESEARCH; TECTONIC SETTINGS; WESTERN SIDE;

METAMORPHIC ROCKS;

CALC ALKALINE ROCK; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRAYWACKE; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGMA; PETROLOGY; PHENOCRYST; PROTEROZOIC; RHYOLITE; TECTONIC SETTING; UPLIFT; ZIRCON;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; FUJIAN; GUANGDONG; WUYI MOUNTAIN;

EID: 47949085530     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-008-0078-4     Document Type: Article

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