Neoproterozoic magmatic events within the Yangtze continental interior and along its northern margin and their tectonic implication: Constraint from the ELA-ICPMS U-Pb geochronology of zircons from the Huangling and Hannan complexes

Acta Petrologica Sinica

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 387-396

  Ling, WenLi ^a   Gao, Shan ^a   Cheng, JianPing ^a   Jiang, LinSheng ^b   Yuan, HongLin ^c   Hu, ZhaoChu ^c  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b Hubei Institute of Regional Geology and Mineral Resources Survey   (China)

^c NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

ELA ICPMS; Jingningian period; Magmatic complex; Tectonic implication; U Pb zircon geochronology; Yangtze interior and margin

Indexed keywords

EXCIMER LASERS; GEODYNAMICS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; LASER ABLATION; LITHOLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS; TECTONICS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

ELA-ICPMS; JINGNINGIAN PERIOD; MAGMATIC COMPLEXES; TECTONIC IMPLICATIONS; U-PB ZIRCON GEOCHRONOLOGIES; YANGTZE INTERIOR AND MARGIN;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MAGMATISM; PLUTON; PROTEROZOIC; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YANGTZE PLATFORM;

SINIA;

EID: 84978015853     PISSN: 10000569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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