Triassic diorites and granitoids in the Foping area: Constraints on the conversion from subduction to collision in the Qinling orogen, China

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue , 2012, Pages 123-142

  Dong, Yunpeng ^a   Liu, Xiaoming ^a   Zhang, Guowei ^a   Chen, Qing ^a   Zhang, Xiaoning ^a   Li, Wei ^a   Yang, Chen ^a  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Geochronology; Granite; Qinling orogen; Triassic tectonics

Indexed keywords

COLLISION; CONTINENTAL CRUST; DIORITE; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITE; GRANITOID; PLUTON; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; TRIASSIC; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA BLOCK; QINLING MOUNTAINS; SOUTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 83055197829     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2011.06.005     Document Type: Article

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