Neoproterozoic accretionary tectonics along the northwestern margin of the Yangtze Block, China: Constraints from zircon U-Pb geochronology and geochemistry

Precambrian Research

Volumn 196-197, Issue , 2012, Pages 247-274

  Dong, Yunpeng ^a   Liu, Xiaoming ^a   Santosh, M ^b,c   Chen, Qing ^a   Zhang, Xiaoning ^a   Li, Wei ^a   He, Dengfeng ^a   Zhang, Guowei ^a  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES BEIJING   (China)

Author keywords

Accretionary tectonics; Arc related intrusions; Hannan and Micangshan massifs; Neoproterozoic tectonics; Yangtze Block; Zircon geochronology

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; ADAKITE; AGE DETERMINATION; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRYSTALLIZATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITOID; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; LOWER CRUST; MAGMATISM; MELTING; PROTEROZOIC; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING; TONALITE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

CHINA; YANGTZE PLATFORM;

EID: 84862801630     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2011.12.007     Document Type: Article

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