Early Mesozoic unroofing pattern of the Dabie Mountains (China): Constraints from the U-Pb detrital zircon geochronology and Si-in-white mica analysis of synorogenic sediments in the Jianghan Basin

Chemical Geology

Volumn 266, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 231-241

  Wang, Yuejun ^a   Zhao, Guochun ^b   Xia, Xiaoping ^b   Zhang, Yanhua ^c   Fan, Weiming ^a   Li, Chao ^a   Bi, Xianwu ^d   Li, Sanzhong ^e  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^e OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Dabie HP UHP rocks; Early Mesozoic synorogenic sediments; Jianghan basin; Si in white mica; Yangtze basement supply; Zircon U Pb geochronology

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; MESOZOIC; METAMORPHIC ROCK; PROVENANCE; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM; UNROOFING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ASIA; CHINA; DABIE MOUNTAINS; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HUNAN; JIANGHAN BASIN;

MICAS;

EID: 68749084872     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2009.06.012     Document Type: Article

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