Syn- and post-collisional granitoids in the Central Tianshan orogen: Geochemistry, geochronology and implications for tectonic evolution

Gondwana Research

Volumn 20, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 568-581

  Dong, Yunpeng ^a   Zhang, Guowei ^a   Neubauer, Franz ^b   Liu, Xiaoming ^a   Hauzenberger, Christoph ^c   Zhou, Dingwu ^a   Li, Wei ^a  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Geochronology; Granite; Palaeozoic tectonics; Tianshan orogen

Indexed keywords

COLLAPSE STRUCTURE; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CRUSTAL THICKENING; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITOID; MANTLE SOURCE; OROGENY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING;

TIEN SHAN;

EID: 79960311353     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2011.01.013     Document Type: Article

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