Petrogenesis and tectonic implications of A-type granites in the Dabie orogenic belt, China: Geochronological and geochemical constraints

Geological Magazine

Volumn 146, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 638-651

  Chen, Ling ^a   Ma, Chang Qian ^a   She, Zhen Bing ^a   Mason, Roger ^a   Zhang, Jin Yang ^a   Zhang, Chao ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

A type granites; Dabie orogenic belt; Late Mesozoic; Petrogenesis

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; BINARY ALLOYS; GALLIUM COMPOUNDS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; IRON OXIDES; LEAD ALLOYS; MAGNESIA; OXIDE MINERALS; PETROLOGY; TECTONICS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

A-TYPE GRANITE; CRYSTALLIZATION AGE; DABIE OROGENIC BELT; EARLY CRETACEOUS; GEOCHEMICAL DATA; MESOZOIC; PETROGENESIS; TECTONIC IMPLICATIONS;

GRANITE;

A-TYPE ROCK; CRYSTALLIZATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITE; MAGMATISM; MESOZOIC; METAL; OROGENIC BELT; PARTIAL MELTING; PETROGENESIS; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC SETTING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; VOLCANIC ROCK; ZIRCON;

ASIA; CHINA; DABIE-SULU BELT; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 70349209388     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756808005918     Document Type: Article

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