Kwangsian and Indosinian reworking of the eastern South China Block: Constraints on zircon U-Pb geochronology and metamorphism of amphibolites and granulites

Lithos

Volumn 150, Issue , 2012, Pages 227-242

  Wang, Yuejun ^a   Wu, Chunming ^b   Zhang, Aimei ^a,b   Fan, Weiming ^a   Zhang, Yanhua ^c   Zhang, Yuzhi ^a,b   Peng, Touping ^a   Yin, Changqin ^d  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

High grade metamorphic rocks; ITD clockwise P T path; Kwangsian and Indosinian events; Phanerozoic intracontinental reworking; South China Block; Zircon U Pb geochronology

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE; ARGON-ARGON DATING; COMPRESSION; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; GEOCHRONOLOGY; OROGENY; P-T CONDITIONS; P-T-T PATH; PHANEROZOIC; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STRESS FIELD; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

CHINA; SOUTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 84865750654     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2012.04.022     Document Type: Article

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