Characteristics and genesis of the Pingdingshan mega-augen gneissic granite in the eastern Tianshan Mountain areas

Acta Petrologica Sinica

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 889-908

  Zhang, ZunZhong ^a   Gu, LianXing ^a   Yang, Hao ^a   Wu, ChangZhi ^a   Wang, YinXi ^a   Min, MaoZhong ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Augen granite; Ductile shear zone; Intraplating; Pingdingshan; Tianshan Mountains; Underplating; Xinjiang

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; DELAMINATION; EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY; LANDFORMS; MELTING; PETROGRAPHY; SHEARING; STRONTIUM; TRACE ELEMENTS;

DUCTILE SHEAR ZONE; INTRAPLATING; PINGDINGSHAN; TIANSHAN; UNDERPLATING; XINJIANG;

GRANITE;

GRANITE; METAMORPHISM; TECTONIC SETTING;

ASIA; EURASIA; TIEN SHAN;

EID: 84977975148     PISSN: 10000569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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