Continental vertical growth in the transitional zone between South Tianshan and Tarim, western Xinjiang, NW China: Insight from the Permian Halajun A1-type granitic magmatism

Lithos

Volumn 155, Issue , 2012, Pages 49-66

  Huang, He ^a   Zhang, Zhaochong ^a   Kusky, Timothy ^b   Santosh, M ^a   Zhang, Shu ^c   Zhang, Dongyang ^a   Liu, Junlai ^a   Zhao, Zhidan ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c Geological Survey of Anhui Province   (China)

Author keywords

A type granite; Central Asian Orogenic Belt; Continental growth; Mantle plume; South Tianshan; Tarim

Indexed keywords

A-TYPE ROCK; FELDSPAR; GABBRO; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE; MAGMA; MAGMATISM; MANTLE PLUME; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PERMIAN; PROTEROZOIC; SHRIMP DATING; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TRACE ELEMENT; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

CHINA; TARIM BASIN; TIEN SHAN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

TAMU;

EID: 84869868721     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2012.08.014     Document Type: Article

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