Geochemical and geochronological study of early Carboniferous volcanic rocks from the West Junggar: Petrogenesis and tectonic implications

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 854-866

  Geng, Hongyan ^a   Sun, Min ^a   Yuan, Chao ^b   Zhao, Guochun ^a   Xiao, Wenjiao ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Central Asian Orogenic Belt; Geochemistry; Subduction; Volcanic; West Junggar

Indexed keywords

ANDESITE; BASALT; CARBONIFEROUS; DACITE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; OROGENIC BELT; PETROGENESIS; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

CHINA; JUNGGAR BASIN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 80053242000     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2011.01.006     Document Type: Article

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