Nd-Sr isotopic mapping of the Chinese Altai and implications for continental growth in the Central Asian Orogenic Belt

Lithos

Volumn 110, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 359-372

  Wang, Tao ^a,b   Jahn, Bor Ming ^c   Kovach, Victor P ^d   Tong, Ying ^a   Hong, Da Wei ^a   Han, Bao Fu ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^d INSTITUTE OF PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY AND GEOCHRONOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^e PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Altaids; Central Asian Orogenic Belt; Continental growth; Granitoid; Nd isotopes; Source

Indexed keywords

DIKE; GRANITOID; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MAFIC ROCK; MAPPING METHOD; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; OROGENIC BELT; PALEOZOIC; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

ALTAI MOUNTAINS; ASIA; CENTRAL ASIA; EURASIA;

EID: 67349170463     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2009.02.001     Document Type: Article

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