Devonian arc-related magmatism in the Tseel terrane of SW Mongolia: Chronological and geochemical evidence

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 166, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 459-471

  Demoux, Antoine ^a   Kröner, Alfred ^a   Hegner, Ernst ^b   Badarch, Gombosuren ^c  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Mongolia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKARC BASIN; CHRONOLOGY; DEVONIAN; EMPLACEMENT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAGMATISM; MANTLE SOURCE; METAIGNEOUS ROCK; METAVOLCANIC ROCK; PRECAMBRIAN; SHRIMP DATING; VOLCANISM; ZIRCON;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GOBI DESERT;

EID: 69949100742     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492008-090     Document Type: Article

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