Xiba granitic pluton in the Qinling Orogenic Belt, Central China: Its petrogenesis and tectonic implications

Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition)

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1128-1142

  Zhang, Fan ^a   Liu, Shuwen ^a   Chen, Xu ^a   Li, Qiugen ^a   Dai, Junzhi ^b   Yang, Kai ^a   Wu, Fenghui ^a   Chen, Youzhang ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b Bureau of Geological Exploration for Nonferrous Metals in Northwest China   (China)

Author keywords

geochemistry and Sr Nd isotopic systematics; petrogenesis and tectonic implication; Qinling orogenic belt; SHRIMP U Pb ages; Xiba granitoids

Indexed keywords

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 84868134397     PISSN: 10009515     EISSN: 17556724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-6724.2012.00736.x     Document Type: Article

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