New radiometric dating constrains the time for initiation of the Karakorum fault zone (KFZ), SW Tibet

Tectonophysics

Volumn 475, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 503-513

  Wang, Shifeng ^a   Fang, Xiaomin ^a   Lai, Qingzhou ^a   Zheng, Dewen ^b   Wang, Yanbin ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar age; Ayilari granite; Karakorum fault zone (KFZ); Trans Himalayan magmatic belt (THB); U Pb SHRIMP age

Indexed keywords

40AR/39AR AGE; AYILARI GRANITE; KARAKORUM FAULT ZONE (KFZ); TRANS-HIMALAYAN MAGMATIC BELT (THB); U-PB SHRIMP AGE;

ARGON; COOLING; DEFORMATION; GRANITE; LEAD; MICA; SILICATE MINERALS; TIME MEASUREMENT; ZIRCON;

TECTONICS;

ARGON-ARGON DATING; BIOTITE; CENOZOIC; DEFORMATION; GRANITE; MAGMATISM; PLATE CONVERGENCE; PLUTON; RADIOMETRIC METHOD; SHRIMP DATING; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; THERMOCHRONOLOGY; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ASIA; EURASIA; KARAKORAM FAULT ZONE; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 70349174381     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2009.06.016     Document Type: Article

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