Zircon U-Pb geochronology, Hf isotopic composition and geological implications of the rhyodacite and rhyodacitic porphyry in the Xiangshan uranium ore field, Jiangxi Province, China

Science China Earth Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1411-1426

  Yang, Shui Yuan ^a   Jiang, Shao Yong ^a   Jiang, Yao Hui ^a   Zhao, Kui Dong ^a   Fan, Hong Hai ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF URANIUM GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Hf isotope; Jiangxi Province; rhyodacite; rhyodacitic porphyry; U Pb zircon age; Xiangshan

Indexed keywords

HF ISOTOPE; JIANGXI PROVINCE; RHYODACITES; RHYODACITIC PORPHYRY; U-PB ZIRCON; XIANGSHAN;

BUILDINGS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ISOTOPES; MASS SPECTROMETERS; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; ORES; ROCKS; SILICATE MINERALS; URANIUM; URANIUM DEPOSITS; VOLCANIC ROCKS; VOLCANOES; ZIRCON;

HAFNIUM;

CRETACEOUS; DACITE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HAFNIUM; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; JURASSIC; MAGMA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORE DEPOSIT; PARTIAL MELTING; PORPHYRY; PROTEROZOIC; RHYOLITE; SHRIMP DATING; TECTONIC SETTING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; VOLCANIC ROCK; VOLCANISM; ZIRCON;

CHINA; JIANGXI; XIANGSHAN;

EID: 77957783166     PISSN: 16747313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-010-4058-0     Document Type: Article

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