Discovery of Late Triassic (217 Ma) gabbro in the Yabulai District: Constraints on the Early Mesozoic evolution of the Alxa Block

Peng-fei Niu; Jun-feng Qu; Jin Zhang; Heng Zhao; Bei-hang Zhang

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China Geology ›› 2025, Vol. 8 ›› Issue (2) :460 -462. DOI: 10.31035/cg2023128

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Discovery of Late Triassic (217 Ma) gabbro in the Yabulai District: Constraints on the Early Mesozoic evolution of the Alxa Block

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Peng-fei Niu, Jun-feng Qu, Jin Zhang, Heng Zhao, Bei-hang Zhang. Discovery of Late Triassic (217 Ma) gabbro in the Yabulai District: Constraints on the Early Mesozoic evolution of the Alxa Block. China Geology, 2025, 8(2): 460-462 DOI:10.31035/cg2023128

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Peng-fei Niu, Jun-feng Qu and Jin Zhang conceived of the presented idea. Heng Zhao and Bei-hang Zhang collected and analyzed the samples. Peng-fei Niu wrote the original draft, Jun-feng Qu and Jin Zhang reviewed and edited the manuscript. All authors provided valuable suggestions and contributedto the final manuscript.

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This study was financially supported by the National Key Research and Development Project of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (Grant No. 2017YFC0601301), the Basic Scientific Research Fund of the Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences (No. J2103), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 41572190, 41972224) and the China Geological Survey (Grants No. DD2019004).

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