Early-Middle Paleozoic granitoids in Gorny Altai, Russia: Implications for continental crust history and magma sources

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 928-948

  Kruk, Nikolay N ^a   Rudnev, Sergei N ^a   Vladimirov, Alexander G ^a   Shokalsky, Sergey P ^b   Kovach, Victor P ^c   Serov, Pavel A ^d   Volkova, Nina I ^a  

^a SOBOLEV INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b A P KARPINSKY RUSSIAN GEOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c INSTITUTE OF PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY AND GEOCHRONOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^d GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Continental crust; Gorny Altai; Granitoids; Major element and trace element chemistry; Nd isotopes; Terranes

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTINENTAL CRUST; GRANITOID; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISLAND ARC; MAGMA CHAMBER; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PALEOZOIC; PROTOLITH; TONALITE; TRACE ELEMENT; TRONDHJEMITE; TURBIDITE;

ALTAY [RUSSIAN FEDERATION]; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 80053225305     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2010.12.008     Document Type: Article

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