Mesoproterozoic (Grenville-age) terranes in the Kyrgyz North Tianshan: Zircon ages and Nd-Hf isotopic constraints on the origin and evolution of basement blocks in the southern Central Asian Orogen

Gondwana Research

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 272-295

  Kroner A ^a,b   Alexeiev, D V ^c   Rojas Agramonte, Y ^a,b   Hegner, E ^d   Wong, J ^e   Xia, X ^e   Belousova, E ^f   Mikolaichuk, A V ^g   Seltmann, R ^h   Liu, D ^a   Kiselev, V V ⁱ  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^f MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g Central Asian Geological Geophysical Association   (Kyrgyzstan)

^h DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ Kyrgyz National Academy of Sciences   (Kyrgyzstan)

Author keywords

Central Asian Orogenic Belt; Hf and Nd isotopes; Kyrgyzstan; Tianshan; Zircon geochronology

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL CRUST; DEFORMATION; EMPLACEMENT; GRANITOID; HAFNIUM; METAMORPHISM; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; OROGENIC BELT; PLUTON; PROTEROZOIC; RIFTING; SHRIMP DATING; TERRANE; VOLCANISM; ZIRCON;

TIEN SHAN;

EID: 84869885314     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2012.05.004     Document Type: Article

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