Early Pan-African magmatism in the Tarim Craton: Insights from zircon U-Pb-Lu-Hf isotope and geochemistry of granitoids in the Korla area, NW China

Precambrian Research

Volumn 212-213, Issue , 2012, Pages 117-138

  Ge, Rongfeng ^a   Zhu, Wenbin ^a   Zheng, Bihai ^a   Wu, Hailin ^a   He, Jingwen ^a   Zhu, Xiaoqing ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Gondwana; Granitoids; Pan African; Rodinia; Tarim; Zircon

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; GONDWANA; HAFNIUM; HIGH PRESSURE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LUTETIUM; MAGMATISM; MIGMATIZATION; OROGENY; PARTIAL MELTING; PROTEROZOIC; RODINIA; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC SETTING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

CHINA; TARIM BASIN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 84861695979     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2012.05.001     Document Type: Article

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