Tectonic evolution of metasediments from the gangdise terrane, asian plate, Eastern Himalayan Syntaxis, tibet

International Geology Review

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 914-930

  Zhang, Hong Fei ^a   Xu, Wang Chun ^a   Zong, Ke Qing ^a   Yuan, Hong Lin ^b   Harris, Nigel ^c  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CRYSTALLIZATION; GEODYNAMICS; HAFNIUM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LITHOLOGY; METAMORPHISM; METASEDIMENT; PROVENANCE; SUTURE ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC PLATE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GANGDISE MOUNTAINS; HIMALAYAS; NAMJAGBARWA FENG; XIZANG;

EID: 65649148349     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0020-6814.50.10.914     Document Type: Article

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