U-Pb and 40Ar/39Ar geochronological constraints on the exhumation history of the North Qinling terrane, China

Gondwana Research

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 881-893

  Dong, Yunpeng ^a,b   Genser, Johann ^b   Neubauer, Franz ^b   Zhang, Guowei ^a   Liu, Xiaoming ^a   Yang, Zhao ^a,c   Heberer, Bianca ^b  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^c TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cooling age; Exhumation; North Qinling terrane; U Pb and 40Ar 39Ar geochronology

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; ARGON-ARGON DATING; DIKE; EXHUMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; METAMORPHISM; OROGENIC BELT; ORTHOGNEISS; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

CHINA; QINLING MOUNTAINS;

EID: 79954629874     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2010.09.007     Document Type: Article

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