Provenance and formation age of the Nyingchi Group in the southern Lhasa terrane, Tibetan Plateau: Petrology and zircon U-Pb geochronology

Acta Petrologica Sinica

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1678-1694

  Dong, Xin ^a   Zhang, Ze Ming ^a   Wang, Jin Li ^a   Zhao, Guo Chun ^b   Liu, Feng ^c   Wang, Wei ^c   Yu, Fei ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Geochronology; Lhasa terrane; Metamorphic evolution; Nyingchi Group; Sediment province; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

FELDSPAR; GARNETS; LEAD; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MICA; PETROLOGY; QUARTZ; ROCKS; SILICATE MINERALS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

LHASA TERRANE; METAMORPHIC BASEMENTS; METAMORPHIC EVOLUTION; METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS; NYINGCHI GROUP; TETHYS OCEANIC LITHOSPHERES; TIBETAN PLATEAU; ZIRCON U-PB GEOCHRONOLOGIES;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; METAMORPHISM; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; ORTHOGNEISS; PALEOZOIC; PETROLOGY; PROVENANCE; TECTONIC SETTING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LHASA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; XIZANG;

EID: 84977982113     PISSN: 10000569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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