Phanerozoic tectonothermal events of the Xuefengshan Belt, central South China: Implications from UPb age and LuHf determinations of granites

Lithos

Volumn 150, Issue , 2012, Pages 243-255

  Chu, Yang ^a,b,c   Lin, Wei ^a   Faure, Michel ^a,b   Wang, Qingchen ^a   Ji, Wenbin ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

LuHf isotopes; Phanerozoic tectonothermal events; SIMS UPb zircon dating; South China; Xuefengshan Belt

Indexed keywords

EMPLACEMENT; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; GRANITE; HAFNIUM; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; LUTETIUM; MESOZOIC; OROGENY; PALEOZOIC; PHANEROZOIC; PRECISION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

CHINA; HUNAN; SOUTH CHINA BLOCK; XUEFENG MOUNTAINS;

EID: 84865737226     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2012.04.005     Document Type: Article

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