Zircon U-Pb geochronology and Hf isotopic constraints on petrogenesis of the Gangdese batholith, southern Tibet

Chemical Geology

Volumn 262, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 229-245

  Ji, Wei Qiang ^a   Wu, Fu Yuan ^a   Chung, Sun Lin ^b   Li, Jin Xiang ^a   Liu, Chuan Zhou ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Gangdese batholith; Hf isotope; Petrogenesis; Tibet; U Pb age; Zircon

Indexed keywords

BATHOLITH; CENOZOIC; COLLISION ZONE; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HAFNIUM; INDIAN PLATE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MAGMATISM; MESOZOIC; PETROGENESIS; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; INDIA; JAMMU AND KASHMIR; KOHISTAN; LADAKH; SOUTH ASIA; XIZANG;

EID: 67349268888     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2009.01.020     Document Type: Article

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