Andean-type orogeny in the Himalayas of south Tibet: Implications for early Paleozoic tectonics along the Indian margin of Gondwana

Lithos

Volumn 154, Issue , 2012, Pages 248-262

  Wang, Xiaoxian ^a   Zhang, Jinjiang ^a   Santosh, M ^b,c   Liu, Jiang ^a   Yan, Shuyu ^a,d   Guo, Lei ^e  

^a Peking University   (China)

^b KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES BEIJING   (China)

^d RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT   (China)

^e INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Andean type orogenesis; Augen gneisses; Early Paleozoic; Gondwana supercontinent; Himalayas; Zircon U Pb geochronology

Indexed keywords

AUGEN GNEISS; DOME; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GONDWANA; GRANITE; MAGMATISM; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; OROGENY; PALEOZOIC; PROTOLITH; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TECTONIC SETTING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ANDES; CHINA; HIMALAYAS; XIZANG;

EID: 84868630958     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2012.07.011     Document Type: Article

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