Zircon U-Pb geochronology and Hf isotopic compositions of the Mesozoic granites in southern Anhui Province, China

Lithos

Volumn 150, Issue , 2012, Pages 6-25

  Wu, Fu Yuan ^a   Ji, Wei Qiang ^a   Sun, Da Hai ^a   Yang, Yue Heng ^a   Li, Xian Hua ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Hf isotope; Mesozoic granites; South Anhui, China; U Pb geochronology; Zircon

Indexed keywords

A-TYPE ROCK; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITE; HAFNIUM; HORNBLENDE; I-TYPE ROCK; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAGMATISM; MESOZOIC; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ANHUI; CHINA;

EID: 84865785897     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2012.03.020     Document Type: Article

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