Geochronology and geochemistry of gneissic metagranites in eastern Dabie Mountains: Implications for the Neoproterozoic tectono-magmatism along the northeastern margin of the Yangtze Block

Science China Earth Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 501-517

  Hu, Jian ^a   Qiu, Jian Sheng ^a   Xu, Xi Sheng ^a   Wang, Xiao Lei ^a   Li, Zhen ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Eastern margin of Dabie Mountains; Geochemistry; Gneissic metagranite; Tectono magmatism; Zircon U Pb chronology

Indexed keywords

A-TYPE GRANITE; ALKALINE MINERALS; DABIE MOUNTAINS; EASTERN MARGIN OF DABIE MOUNTAINS; ECLOGITES; GEOCHEMICAL SIGNATURES; GNEISSIC METAGRANITE; GRANITOIDS; INITIAL STAGES; K-FELDSPAR; LA-ICP-MS; MAGMATIC EVOLUTION; MAGMATISMS; MANTLE PLUME; MESOZOIC; METAMORPHIC BELTS; METAMORPHIC REACTIONS; NEOPROTEROZOIC; PERALKALINE; PERALUMINOUS; PHENGITE; PLUTONS; PROTOLITHS; RECRYSTALLIZATIONS; SATURATION TEMPERATURE; U-PB DATING; UHP METAMORPHISM; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE; ULTRAHIGH-PRESSURE METAMORPHISM; YANGTZE BLOCK;

CALCIUM; CAVITY RESONATORS; GALLIUM; GEOCHEMISTRY; IGNEOUS ROCKS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; IRON OXIDES; LANDFORMS; LEAD; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MICA; OXIDE MINERALS; POTASSIUM; QUARTZ; SILICATE MINERALS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SODIUM; ZIRCON;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

AMPHIBOLE; BIOTITE; FELDSPAR; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GNEISS; GRANITE; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGMATISM; PLUTON; PROTEROZOIC; PROTOLITH; RIFTING; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

CHINA; DABIE MOUNTAINS; YANGTZE PLATFORM;

EID: 77952474100     PISSN: 16747313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-010-0035-x     Document Type: Article

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