Zircon U-Pb geochronology of the Mesozoic metamorphic rocks and granitoids in the coastal tectonic zone of SE China: Constraints on the timing of Late Mesozoic orogeny

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue , 2013, Pages 237-252

  Cui, Jianjun ^a   Zhang, Yueqiao ^a   Dong, Shuwen ^a   Jahn, Bor ming ^b   Xu, Xianbing ^c   Ma, Licheng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Changle Nan'ao tectonic zone; Late Mesozoic tectononthermal event; SE China; Zircon U Pb dating

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; COASTAL ZONE; CRETACEOUS; DIKE; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GNEISS; GRANITOID; JURASSIC; MAGMATISM; MESOZOIC; METAMORPHIC ROCK; MIGMATIZATION; OROGENY; PLUTON; TECTONIC SETTING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

CHINA;

EID: 84872787291     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2012.09.014     Document Type: Article

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