Petrogenesis of highly fractionated I-type granites in the Zayu area of eastern Gangdese, Tibet: Constraints from zircon U-Pb geochronology, geochemistry and Sr-Nd-Hf isotopes

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1223-1239

  Zhu, Di Cheng ^a   Mo, Xuan Xue ^a   Wang, Xuan Xue ^b   Zhao, Zhi Dan ^a   Niu, Yaoling ^c   Zhou, Chang Yong ^b   Yang, Yue Heng ^d  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Eastern Gangdese; Highly fractionated I type granite; Sr Nd H fisotope; Tibet; Zayu pluton; Zircon U Pb dating

Indexed keywords

EASTERN GANGDESE; HIGHLY FRACTIONATED I-TYPE GRANITE; SR-ND-H FISOTOPE; TIBET; ZAYU PLUTON; ZIRCON U-PB DATING;

BARIUM; EUROPIUM; GALLIUM; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITE; HAFNIUM; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; ISOTOPES; LEAD; MICA; NEODYMIUM; NIOBIUM; OCEANOGRAPHY; PARAFFIN WAXES; PETROLOGY; RUBIDIUM; SILICON COMPOUNDS; STRONTIUM; TANTALUM; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZIRCON;

SILICATE MINERALS;

CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRETACEOUS; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; FRACTIONATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITE; HAFNIUM; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGMATISM; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PETROGENESIS; PLUTON; SHRIMP DATING; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; SUBDUCTION; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; XIZANG; ZAYU;

EID: 70349671131     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-009-0132-x     Document Type: Article

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