Geochemistry, zircon U-Pb age and Hf isotope compositions of Paleoproterozoic aluminous A-type granites from the Kongling terrain, Yangtze Block: Constraints on petrogenesis and geologic implications

Gondwana Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 140-151

  Peng, Min ^a,c   Wu, Yuanbao ^a,b   Gao, Shan ^a,b   Zhang, Hongfei ^a   Wang, Jing ^a   Liu, Xiaochi ^a   Gong, Hujun ^b   Zhou, Lian ^a   Hu, Zhaochu ^a   Liu, Yongsheng ^a   Yuan, Honglin ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICAL AND GEOCHEMICAL EXPLORATION   (China)

Author keywords

Aluminous A type granite; Cratonization; Paleoproterozoic; Post collisional; Yangtze Block

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860889868     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2011.08.012     Document Type: Article

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