Geochronology, geochemistry and tectonic significances of the Hongyuntan granitoids in the Qoltag area, Eastern Tianshan

Acta Petrologica Sinica

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1121-1134

  Wu, ChangZhi ^a,b   Zhang, ZunZhong ^a   Khin, Zaw ^a,c   Della Pasque, Fernando ^a,c   Tang, JunHua ^a   Zheng, YuanChuan ^a   Wang, ChuanSheng ^a   San, JinZhu ^d  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d No 706 Geological Party   (China)

Author keywords

Eastern Tianshan; Geochronology; Granitoids; NW China; Qoltag; Xinjiang

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; GEOCHEMISTRY; IGNEOUS ROCKS; IRON DEPOSITS; LEAD; MINERAL RESOURCES; MINERALS; MOLYBDENUM DEPOSITS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SILICATE MINERALS; TECTONICS; VOLCANIC ROCKS; VOLCANOES;

EASTERN TIANSHAN; GRANITOIDS; NW CHINA; QOLTAG; XINJIANG;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

CARBONIFEROUS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITOID; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; IGNEOUS ROCK; OCEANIC CRUST; PALEOZOIC; TECTONICS; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

ASIA; EURASIA; TIEN SHAN;

EID: 84977977878     PISSN: 10000569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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