The collision between the Yili and Tarim blocks of the Southwestern Altaids: Geochemical and age constraints of a leucogranite dike crosscutting the HP-LT metamorphic belt in the Chinese Tianshan Orogen

Tectonophysics

Volumn 499, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 118-131

  Gao, Jun ^a   Klemd, Reiner ^b   Qian, Qing ^a   Zhang, Xi ^a   Li, Jilei ^a,b   Jiang, Tuo ^a   Yang, Yongqiang ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Collision; Leucogranite dike; Southwestern Altaids; Tarim block; Tianshan; Yili block

Indexed keywords

COLLISION; LEUCOGRANITES; SOUTHWESTERN ALTAIDS; TARIM BLOCK; TIANSHAN; YILI BLOCK;

FELDSPAR; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITE; LEAD; METALS; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MICA; QUARTZ; SILICATE MINERALS; ZIRCON;

LEVEES;

BLUESCHIST; BOUDINAGE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COLLISION ZONE; COUNTRY ROCK; DIKE; EXHUMATION; LEUCOGRANITE; METAMORPHISM; OROGENY; P-T CONDITIONS; PALEOZOIC; PETROLOGY; TRIASSIC; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

CHINA; TARIM BASIN; TIEN SHAN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 79952003121     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2011.01.001     Document Type: Article

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