The ages of U-Pb and Sm-Nd for eclogite from the western segment of Altyn Tagh tectonic belt - Evidence for existence of Caledonian orogenic root

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 44, Issue 24, 1999, Pages 2256-2259

  Zhang, Jianxin ^a   Zhang, Zeming ^a   Xu, Zhiqin ^a   Yang, Jingsui ^a   Cui, Junwen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Altyn Tagh tectonic belt; Eclogite; Sm Nd dating; U Pb dating

Indexed keywords

EID: 5544235944     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02885933     Document Type: Article

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