U-Pb zircon age, geochemical and isotopic characteristics of carbonatite and syenite complexes from the Shaxiongdong, China

Lithos

Volumn 105, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 118-128

  Xu, Cheng ^a   Campbell, Ian H ^b   Allen, Charlotte M ^b   Chen, Yanjing ^c   Huang, Zhilong ^a   Qi, Liang ^a   Zhang, Guishan ^a   Yan, Zaifei ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Calcite cumulates; Carbonatite and syenite complexes; Plume; Rifting environment; South China block; South Qinling

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; CARBONATITE; EMPLACEMENT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LASER METHOD; MANTLE SOURCE; RIFTING; SUTURE ZONE; SYENITE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HUBEI; NORTH CHINA BLOCK; QINLING MOUNTAINS; SOUTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 51649102290     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2008.03.002     Document Type: Article

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