Geochronological and geochemical studies on the Borohoro plutons, north of Yili, NW Tianshan and their Tectonic implication

Acta Petrologica Sinica

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1885-1900

  Wang, Bo ^a   Shu, LiangShu ^a   Cluzel, Dominique ^b   Faure, Michel ^b   Charvet, Jacques ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UMR 7327   (France)

Author keywords

Granite; Tianshan Belt; Trace element geochemistry; Yili Block; Zircon U Pb dating

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MICA; SILICATE MINERALS; TRACE ELEMENTS; URANIUM; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

BIOTITE GRANITE; DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; TECTONIC IMPLICATIONS; TIANSHAN; TRACE ELEMENT GEOCHEMISTRY; YILI BLOCK; ZIRCON U-PB DATING;

GRANITE;

BIOTITE; DIORITE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITE; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OROGENY; PLUTON; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC SETTING; TRACE ELEMENT; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ASIA; EURASIA; TIEN SHAN;

EID: 84977992455     PISSN: 10000569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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