Ages and geochemistry of the post-collisional granitic rocks from Eastern Alataw Mountains, Xinjiang, and implications for vertical crustal growth

Acta Petrologica Sinica

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 623-639

  Liu, ZhiQiang ^a,b   Han, BaoFu ^a,b   Ji, JianQing ^a,b   Li, ZongHuai ^a,b  

^a Peking University   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alataw Mts.; Crustal growth; Positive Nd (T); Post collisional; U Pb age

Indexed keywords

EUROPIUM; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LANDFORMS; LEAD; ROCKS; SILICATE MINERALS; ZIRCON;

ALATAW MTS; CARBONIFEROUS STRATA; COLLISIONAL; CRUSTAL GROWTH; GEOCHEMICAL FEATURES; SATURATION TEMPERATURE; U-PB AGES; ZIRCON U-PB DATING;

GRANITE;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITE; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY;

ALATAW MOUNTAINS; ASIA; EURASIA;

EID: 84977982508     PISSN: 10000569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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