Zircon U-Pb geochronology of Archean high-grade metamorphic rocks from Xi Ulanbulang area, central Inner Mongolia

Science China Earth Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 204-212

  Dong, Xiao Jie ^a   Xu, Zhong Yuan ^a   Liu, Zheng Hong ^a   Sha, Qian ^a  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

high grade metamorphic rocks; SHRIMP U Pb dating; Xi Ulanbulang; zircon

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; GRANULITE FACIES; HOMOGENEOUS STRUCTURE; INNER MONGOLIA; MAGMATISMS; NEOARCHEAN; PRECAMBRIAN; PROTOLITHS; TIME INTERVAL; U-PB DATING; U-PB GEOCHRONOLOGY; XI ULANBULANG;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; LEAD; ROCKS; SHELLFISH; ZIRCON;

METAMORPHIC ROCKS;

ARCHEAN; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GNEISS; GRANULITE FACIES; MAGMATISM; METAMORPHIC ROCK; METAMORPHISM; PRECAMBRIAN; SHRIMP DATING; TECTONIC SETTING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZONING;

CHINA; NEI MONGGOL;

EID: 84863011860     PISSN: 16747313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-011-4360-5     Document Type: Article

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