Geochemistry, zircon U-Pb ages and Hf isotopes of the Paleozoic volcanic rocks in the northwestern Chinese Altai: Petrogenesis and tectonic implications

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 969-985

  Wang, Yujing ^a,b   Yuan, Chao ^a   Long, Xiaoping ^a   Sun, Min ^c   Xiao, Wenjiao ^d   Zhao, Guochun ^c   Cai, Keda ^c   Jiang, Yingde ^c  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Altai; Central Asian Orogenic Belt; Hf isotope; Mg rich dacite; Subduction accretion

Indexed keywords

DACITE; DEVONIAN; HAFNIUM; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METAIGNEOUS ROCK; ORDOVICIAN; OROGENIC BELT; PARTIAL MELTING; PETROGENESIS; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ALTAI MOUNTAINS; CHINA;

EID: 80053246334     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2010.11.005     Document Type: Article

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