The Tongde dioritic pluton (Sichuan, SW China) and its geotectonic setting: Regional implications of a local-scale study

Gondwana Research

Volumn 18, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 455-465

  Munteanu, Marian ^a   Wilson, Allan ^a   Yao, Yong ^a   Harris, Chris ^b   Chunnett, Gordon ^a   Luo, Yaonan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c Sichuan Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources   (China)

Author keywords

Gabbrodiorite; Geochemistry; Geochronology; Geotectonics; Rodinia; South China; Yangtze craton

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; COMPRESSION; DIORITE; GABBRO; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; METAMORPHISM; PLUTON; REGIONAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

CHINA; SICHUAN;

EID: 77954952413     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2010.01.005     Document Type: Article

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