Zircon U-Pb ages, Hf-O isotopes and whole-rock Sr-Nd-Pb isotopic geochemistry of granitoids in the Jinshajiang suture zone, SW China: Constraints on petrogenesis and tectonic evolution of the Paleo-Tethys Ocean

Lithos

Volumn 126, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 248-264

  Zhu, Jing Jing ^a,b   Hu, Rui Zhong ^a   Bi, Xian Wu ^a   Zhong, Hong ^a   Chen, Heng ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

I type granite; Paleo Tethys Ocean; Sr Nd Pb isotope; Three component mixing; Zircon Hf O isotope; Zircon U Pb dating

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTINENTAL CRUST; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; GRANITOID; HAFNIUM; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LEAD ISOTOPE; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PETROGENESIS; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; SUTURE ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TETHYS; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

EID: 80051948174     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2011.07.003     Document Type: Article

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