Paleozoic circum-Gondwana orogens: Petrology and geochronology of the Namche Barwa complex in the Eastern Himalayan syntaxis, Tibet

Acta Petrologica Sinica

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1627-1637

  Zhang, ZeMing ^a   Wang, JinLi ^a   Shen, Kun ^b   Shi, Chao ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b Shandong Institute and Laboratory of Geological Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Circum Gondwana orogen; Eastern Himalayan syntaxis; Namche Barwa complex; Petrology; Zircon U Pb dating

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; EUROPIUM; FELDSPAR; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MICA; PETROLOGY; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); QUARTZ; ROCKS; SILICATE MINERALS; SILICATES; ZIRCON; ZONING;

CIRCUM-GONDWANA OROGEN; CONTINENT-CONTINENT COLLISIONS; CRYSTALLINE COMPLEXES; EASTERN HIMALAYAN SYNTAXIS; HIGH-GRADE METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MINERAL ASSEMBLAGE; NAMCHE BARWA COMPLEX; ZIRCON U-PB DATING;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GONDWANA; METAMORPHIC ROCK; OROGENIC BELT; OROGENY; PALEOZOIC; PETROLOGY; PROTOLITH; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC SETTING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HIMALAYAS; NAMJAGBARWA FENG; XIZANG;

EID: 84977982025     PISSN: 10000569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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