Late Paleozoic magmatic record of East Junggar, NW China and its significance: Implication from zircon U-Pb dating and Hf isotope

Gondwana Research

Volumn 20, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 532-542

  Xiao, Yan ^a   Zhang, Hongfu ^a   Shi, Ji'an ^b   Su, Benxun ^a   Sakyi, Patrick Asamoah ^c   Lu, Xinchuan ^b   Hu, Yan ^a   Zhang, Zhou ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b BEIJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Central asian orogenic belt; Island arc; Juvenile crust; Subduction related magmatism; The east junggar terrane

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; HAFNIUM; ISLAND ARC; MAGMATISM; PALEOZOIC; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

EAST JUNGGAR;

EID: 79960330205     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2010.12.008     Document Type: Article

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