Multi-stage emplacement of alkaline and peralkaline syenite-granite suites in the Mongolian-Transbaikalian Belt, Russia: Evidence from U-Pb geochronology and whole rock geochemistry

Chemical Geology

Volumn 273, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 120-135

  Reichow, M K ^a   Litvinovsky, B A ^b   Parrish, R R ^a,c   Saunders, A D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alkali feldspar granite; Mongolian Transbaikalian Belt; Peralkaline; Syenite; Zircon and titanite U Pb geochronology

Indexed keywords

EMPLACEMENT; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITE; MAGMATISM; PERALKALINE ROCK; SYENITE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

MONGOLIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; TRANSBAIKALIA;

EID: 77951015970     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2010.02.017     Document Type: Article

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