Geochronology and geochemistry of Late Paleozoic magmatic rocks in the Lamasu-Dabate area, northwestern Tianshan (west China): Evidence for a tectonic transition from arc to post-collisional setting

Lithos

Volumn 119, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 393-411

  Tang, Gong Jian ^a,b   Wang, Qiang ^a,c   Wyman, Derek A ^d   Sun, Min ^e   Li, Zheng Xiang ^c   Zhao, Zhen Hua ^a   Sun, Wei Dong ^a   Jia, Xiao Hui ^a,b   Jiang, Zi Qi ^a,b  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

A type granite; Adakite; Arc; Central Asian Orogenic Belt; Post collisional; Xinjiang

Indexed keywords

ADAKITE; ARC-ARC COLLISION; ARC-CONTINENT COLLISION; CARBONIFEROUS; COLLISION ZONE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGMATISM; PALEOZOIC; PARTIAL MELTING; PETROGENESIS; PORPHYRY; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; TECTONIC SETTING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

CHINA; TIEN SHAN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 77956909853     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2010.07.010     Document Type: Article

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