Triassic high-strain shear zones in Hainan Island (South China) and their implications on the amalgamation of the Indochina and South China Blocks: Kinematic and 40Ar/39Ar geochronological constraints

Gondwana Research

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 910-925

  Zhang, Feifei ^a   Wang, Yuejun ^a   Chen, Xinyue ^a,b   Fan, Weiming ^a   Zhang, Yanhua ^c   Zhang, Guowei ^d   Zhang, Aimei ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b HUNAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ar Ar thermo geochronology; Hainan Island; Indochina Block; Kinematics; South China Block; Triassic amalgamation

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; GEOCHRONOLOGY; KINEMATICS; SHEAR ZONE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TETHYS; TRIASSIC;

CHINA; HAINAN; INDOCHINA; SOUTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 79954629014     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2010.11.002     Document Type: Article

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