North Qinling Paleozoic granite associations and their variation in space and time: Implications for orogenic processes in the orogens of central China

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1359-1384

  Wang, Tao ^a   Wang, Xiao Xia ^b   Tian, Wei ^c   Zhang, Cheng Li ^d   Li, Wu Ping ^e   Li, Shan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e GUANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Granite association; Hf isotopes; Nd; Qinlingorogen; Zircon geochronology

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GRANITOIDS; HF ISOTOPES; LA-ICP-MS; LOWER CRUST; MAGMATISMS; ND; OCEANIC SUBDUCTION; OROGENIC PROCESS; OROGENS; PALEOZOIC; PALEOZOIC GRANITES; PARTIAL MELTING; PLUTONS; QINLINGOROGEN; SPACE AND TIME; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION; SPATIO-TEMPORAL RELATIONS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THREE STAGES; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE ROCKS; ZIRCON AGE; ZIRCON DATING; ZIRCON U-PB DATING;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; GRANITE; HAFNIUM; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; ISOTOPES; LEAD; NEODYMIUM; ROCKS; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY; SILICATE MINERALS; TECTONICS; ZIRCON;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

EMPLACEMENT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITE; GRANITOID; HAFNIUM; MAGMA; MAGMATISM; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; OROGENY; PARTIAL MELTING; PLUTON; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINLING MOUNTAINS;

EID: 70349664101     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-009-0129-5     Document Type: Article

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