Precambrian metamorphism of the northern Lhasa terrane, south Tibet and its tectonic Implications

Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition)

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 449-456

  Zhang, Zeming ^a   Dong, Xin ^a   Geng, Guansheng ^a   Wang, Wei ^b   Yu, Fei ^b   Liu, Feng ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Lhasa terrane; Precambrian metamorphism; Southern tibet; Zircon u Pb dating

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANULITE FACIES; MAGMATISM; MARBLE; MESOZOIC; METAMORPHISM; PALEOZOIC; PRECAMBRIAN; TERRANE; ZIRCON;

CHINA; LHASA; XIZANG;

EID: 78649812900     PISSN: 10009515     EISSN: 17556724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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