Diachronous histories for the Dabie-Sulu orogen from high-temperature geochronology

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 403, Issue , 2006, Pages 1-22

  Leech, M L ^a,d   Webb, L E ^b   Yang, T N ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^d SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eastern China; Qinling Hong'an dabie sulu orogen; Triassic ultrahigh pressure (UHP) metamorphism; U Pb zircon SHRIMP dating; Yangtze craton

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; RARE EARTHS; SHELLFISH; SILICATE MINERALS; TECTONICS; TERNARY ALLOYS; THORIUM ALLOYS;

EASTERN CHINA; QINLING-HONG'AN-DABIE-SULU OROGEN; SHRIMP DATING; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE; YANGTZE CRATON;

ZIRCON;

COLLISION; DIACHRONISM; EXHUMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; ION MICROPROBE; MAGMATISM; OROGENY; RETROGRADE METAMORPHISM; SHRIMP DATING; SUBDUCTION; TRIASSIC; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

CHINA; DABIE-SULU BELT; YANGTZE PLATFORM;

EID: 73949161034     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2006.2403(01)     Document Type: Article

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