Microcontinents among the accretionary complexes of the Central Asia Orogenic Belt: In situ Re-Os evidence

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue , 2013, Pages 37-50

  Wang, Kuo Lung ^a   O'Reilly, Suzanne Y ^b   Kovach, Victor ^c   Griffin, William L ^b   Pearson, Norman J ^b   Yarmolyuk, Vladimir ^d   Kuzmin, Mikhail I ^e   Chieh, Chia Ju ^a   Gregory Shellnutt, J ^a   Iizuka, Yoshiyuki ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c INSTITUTE OF PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY AND GEOCHRONOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY OF ORE DEPOSITS   (Russian Federation)

^e ENERGY SYSTEMS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Central Asia Orogenic Belt (CAOB); In situ Re Os isotopes; Lithosphere evolution; Mantle sulfides; Os model ages; Tavargatay Terrane

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; AGE DETERMINATION; BASALT; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; CRYSTALLIZATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MANTLE STRUCTURE; OROGENIC BELT; PERIDOTITE; RHENIUM-OSMIUM DATING; SOLID SOLUTION; XENOLITH;

ARHANGAY; CENTRAL ASIA; MONGOLIA; TARIAT;

EID: 84872786488     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2011.09.016     Document Type: Article

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