U-Pb dating, geochemistry, and tectonic implications of the Songpan-Ganzi block and the Longmen Shan, China

Geochemical Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 77-99

  Chen, Y L ^a   Li, D P ^a   Zhou, J ^a   Liu, F ^a   Zhang, H F ^b   Nie, L S ^a   Jiang, L T ^a   Song, B ^c   Liu, X M ^d   Wang, Z ^e  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^d NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e Inner Mongolia Institute of Geological Survey   (China)

Author keywords

China; Clastic sedimentary rocks; Detrital zircon U Pb dating; The Longmen Shan; The Songpan Ganzi block

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT ROCK; CLASTIC ROCK; CLASTIC SEDIMENT; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; EXHUMATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; PRECAMBRIAN; TECTONIC SETTING; TETHYS; TRIASSIC; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

CHINA; KUNLUN MOUNTAINS; LONGMEN MOUNTAINS; NORTH CHINA BLOCK; QAIDAM MOUNTAINS; QINGHAI; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; QINLING MOUNTAINS; SICHUAN; SONGPAN; YANGTZE PLATFORM;

EID: 78650254812     PISSN: 00167002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2343/geochemj.1.0009     Document Type: Article

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