Petrogenesis and tectonic implications of Neoproterozoic, highly fractionated A-type granites from Mianning, South China

Precambrian Research

Volumn 165, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 190-204

  Huang, Xiao Long ^a   Xu, Yi Gang ^a   Li, Xian Hua ^a,b   Li, Wu Xian ^a   Lan, Jiang Bo ^a   Zhang, Hui Huang ^b   Liu, Yong Sheng ^c   Wang, Yan Bin ^d   Li, Hong Yan ^a   Luo, Zheng Yu ^a   Yang, Qi Jun ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

A type granites; Hf; Neoproterozoic; South China; Western Yangtze Craton; Zircon

Indexed keywords

FRACTIONATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITE; HAFNIUM; MAGMATISM; MODEL TEST; PETROGENESIS; PETROLOGY; PLUTON; PROTEROZOIC; RIEBECKITE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; ZIRCON;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; MIANNING; SICHUAN; YANGTZE PLATFORM;

EID: 51249120294     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2008.06.010     Document Type: Article

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