The Paleozoic northern margin of the Tarim Craton: Passive or active?

Lithos

Volumn 142-143, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-15

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

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Granitoid; Lu Hf isotope; Tarim; Tianshan; Zircon

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; ACTIVE MARGIN; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; GRANITOID; HAFNIUM; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; MAGMATISM; ORDOVICIAN-SILURIAN BOUNDARY; OROGENIC BELT; PALEOZOIC; PASSIVE MARGIN; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC SETTING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

TIEN SHAN;

EID: 84862814265     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2012.02.010     Document Type: Article

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