Geochronology, geochemistry, and Nd isotopes of early Mesozoic bimodal volcanism in northern Tibet, western China: Constraints on the exhumation of the central Qiangtang metamorphic belt

Lithos

Volumn 121, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 167-175

  Zhang, Kai Jun ^a,b   Tang, Xian Chun ^b,c   Wang, Yang ^c,d   Zhang, Yu Xiu ^c,e  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^e China University of Geosciences   (China)

Author keywords

Bimodal volcanism; Exhumation; Geochemistry; Geochronology; Nd isotopes; Qiangtang; Tibetan plateau

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; CONTINENTAL CRUST; EXHUMATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LAVA; MAGMATISM; MESOZOIC; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; SHRIMP DATING; VOLCANIC ROCK; VOLCANISM;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 78650233097     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2010.10.015     Document Type: Article

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