Geochronology and petrogenesis of granitic rocks in Gangdese batholith, southern Tibet

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1240-1261

  Ji, Wei Qiang ^a,b   Wu, Fu Yuan ^a   Liu, Chuan Zhou ^a   Chung, SunLin ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Gangdese batholith; Geochronology; Granitic rock; Petrogenesis; Tibet

Indexed keywords

EARLY CRETACEOUS; GANGDESE BATHOLITH; GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTIC; GRANITIC ROCK; GRANITIC ROCKS; HF ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC CHARACTERISTICS; JURASSIC; LATE PALEOZOIC; MAGMATIC ACTIVITY; MAGMATIC SOURCES; MAGMATISMS; MESOZOIC; MIOCENE; OLIGOCENE; PALEOCENE; PEAK PERIOD; PETROGENESIS; SOUTHERN TIBET; SR-ND ISOTOPES; THREE STAGES; TIBET; TIBETAN PLATEAU; ZIRCON U-PB AGE;

GRANITE; HAFNIUM; ISOTOPES; PETROLOGY; ROCKS; SILICATE MINERALS; STRONTIUM; ZIRCON;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

BATHOLITH; CRETACEOUS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITE; JURASSIC; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MAGMA; MAGMATISM; PETROGENESIS; SUBDUCTION; ZIRCON;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 70349668889     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-009-0131-y     Document Type: Article

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