U-Pb and 40Ar/ 39Ar geochronology of the Tongbai complex, central China: Implications for Cretaceous exhumation and lateral extrusion of the Tongbai-Dabie HP/UHP terrane

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue , 2012, Pages 155-170

  Cui, Jianjun ^a   Liu, Xiaochun ^a   Dong, Shuwen ^a   Hu, Jianmin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar dating; Cretaceous exhumation; HP UHP terrane; Lateral extrusion; Tongbai complex; U Pb dating

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; DEFORMATION; EMPLACEMENT; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HIGH PRESSURE; METAMORPHISM; MIGMATIZATION; OROGENIC BELT; PEGMATITE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TERRANE; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; VEIN (GEOLOGY);

CHINA; DABIE-SULU BELT; HENAN; TONGBAI; YANGTZE PLATFORM;

EID: 84862776949     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2011.12.014     Document Type: Article

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