Devonian to Permian plate tectonic cycle of the Paleo-Tethys Orogen in southwest China (II): Insights from zircon ages of ophiolites, arc/back-arc assemblages and within-plate igneous rocks and generation of the Emeishan CFB province

Lithos

Volumn 113, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 767-784

  Jian, Ping ^a   Liu, Dunyi ^a   Kröner, Alfred ^a,b   Zhang, Qi ^c   Wang, Yizhao ^d   Sun, Xiaomeng ^e   Zhang, Wei ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d Yunnan Institute of Geological Survey   (China)

^e JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Arc back arc; Emeishan CFB province; Ophiolite; Paleo Tethys; Within plate igneous rocks; Zircon age

Indexed keywords

BACKARC BASIN; DEVONIAN; DIABASE; FLOOD BASALT; IGNEOUS ROCK; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE; OPHIOLITE; PERMIAN; PLAGIOGRANITE; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE TECTONICS; RIFTING; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; ZIRCON;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 70449121842     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2009.04.006     Document Type: Article

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