SHRIMP U-Pb ages for zircons of the amphibolites and tectonic evolution significance from the Wenquan domain in the West Tianshan Mountains, Xinjiang, China;西天山温泉地区早古生代斜长角闪岩的锆石 ＳＨＲＩＭＰＵ.Ｐｂ年龄及其地质意义

Yanshi Xuebao/Acta Petrologica Sinica

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2731-2740

  Hu, Ai Qin ^a   Wei, Gang jian ^a   Zhang, Ji Bin ^b   Deng, Wen Feng ^a   Chen, Lin Li ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b Institute of Geology   (China)

Author keywords

Early Paleozoic amphibolites; Wenquan domain of West Tianshan; Zircon SHRIMP U Pb age

Indexed keywords

EID: 85177191095     PISSN: 10000569     EISSN: 20958927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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