Zircon U-Pb geochronology of the Nyainqentanglha Group from the Lhasa terrane: New constraints on the Triassic orogeny of the south Tibet

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 732-739

  Dong, Xin ^a   Zhang, Zeming ^a   Liu, Feng ^b   Wang, Wei ^b   Yu, Fei ^b   Shen, Kun ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c Shandong Institute and Laboratory of Geological Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Late Paleozoic orogeny; Lhasa terrane; Metamorphism; South Tibet; Zircon U Pb geochronology

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; BLUESCHIST; ECLOGITE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; METAMORPHISM; OROGENY; P-T CONDITIONS; PALEOZOIC; PARAGENESIS; TRIASSIC; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

CHINA; LHASA; XIZANG;

EID: 80051667747     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2011.01.014     Document Type: Article

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