The India and South China cratons at the margin of Rodinia - Synchronous Neoproterozoic magmatism revealed by LA-ICP-MS zircon analyses

Lithos

Volumn 123, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 176-187

  Hofmann, M ^a   Linnemann, U ^a   Rai, V ^b   Becker, S ^a   Gartner A ^a   Sagawe, A ^a  

^a SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW   (India)

Author keywords

LA ICP MS; Lesser Himalaya; Neoproterozoic; Rodinia; U Pb zircon age; Yangtze block

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; CRATON; GEOCHRONOLOGY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; MAGMATISM; PROTEROZOIC; RODINIA; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

CHINA; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; LESSER HIMALAYAS; YANGTZE PLATFORM;

EID: 79952538933     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2011.01.012     Document Type: Article

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