Paleozoic tectonism and magmatism of Kekesu-Qiongkushitai section in southwestern Chinese Tianshan and their constraints on the age of the orogeny;科克苏-穹库什太古生代构造-岩浆作用及其对西南天山造山时代的约束

Yanshi Xuebao/Acta Petrologica Sinica

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1354-1368

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

^a Department of Earth Sciences ^*  (China)

^b UMR 7327   (France)

Author keywords

Ar Ar dating; Geochemistry; Granite; Paleozoic; Tianshan Belt; Zircon U Pb dating

Indexed keywords

EID: 85177036211     PISSN: 10000569     EISSN: 20958927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.0000/ff1da68ddf31412698b9f758499b9fa4     Document Type: Article

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