Geochemistry and zircon SHRIMP U-Pb dating of granitoids from the west segment of the North Qaidam

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1771-1790

  Wu, Cailai ^a   Wooden, Joseph L ^b   Robinson, Paul T ^c   Gao, Yunhong ^a   Wu, Suoping ^a   Chen, Qilong ^a   Mazdab, Frank K ^b   Mattinson, Chris ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Granitoid; North Qaidam; Zircon SHRIMP U Pb dating

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL MATERIALS; EARLY PALEOZOIC; GRANITOIDS; ISLAND ARC; LATE PALEOZOIC; LOWER CRUST; NORTH QAIDAM; OCEANIC CRUST; ORDOVICIAN; PERMIAN; PLUTONS; PROTOLITHS; REGIONAL STRUCTURE; U-PB DATING;

CAVITY RESONATORS; GRANITE; LEAD; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SILICATE MINERALS; ZIRCON;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; GEOCHEMISTRY; GRANITOID; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; ISLAND ARC; MAGMA; ORDOVICIAN; PERMIAN; PLUTON; PROTEROZOIC; SHRIMP DATING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QAIDAM MOUNTAINS; QINGHAI;

EID: 71949102027     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-009-0147-3     Document Type: Article

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