Zircon Cameca U-Pb dating and its significance for granulite-facies gneisses from the western Awulale Mountain, West Tianshan, China

Geological Bulletin of China

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1852-1862

  Li, Ji Lei ^a,b   Su, Wen ^a   Zhang, Xi ^a,b   Liu, Xin ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Cameca zircon U Pb age; Granulite facies gneisses; West Tianshan Mountains; Yili block

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054050953     PISSN: 16712552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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