SHRIMP U-Pb dating and Hf isotopic analyses of Middle Ordovician meta-cumulate gabbro in central Qiangtang, northern Tibetan Plateau

Science China Earth Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 657-664

  Zhai, Qing Guo ^a   Wang, Jun ^a   Li, Cai ^b   Su, Li ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c China University of Geosciences   (China)

Author keywords

Cumulate gabbro; Hf isotope; Qiangtang; SHRIMP dating

Indexed keywords

EARLY PALEOZOIC; GEOCHEMICAL DATA; HF ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; METABASITES; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; ORDOVICIAN; QIANGTANG; TIBETAN PLATEAU; U-PB DATING; WEIGHTED MEAN;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; BASALT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ISOTOPES; LEAD; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SILICATE MINERALS; ZIRCON;

HAFNIUM;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; HAFNIUM; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MANTLE SOURCE; METABASITE; METAGABBRO; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; OPHIOLITE; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOZOIC; PETROLOGY; SHRIMP DATING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

CHINA; QIANGTANG BASIN; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; XIZANG;

EID: 77952425961     PISSN: 16747313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-010-0063-6     Document Type: Article

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