Geochronology and Tectonic Evolution of the Lincang Batholith in Southwestern Yunnan, China

Table 1

Isotopic age data for the Lincang Batholite in the earlier stage.

Lithologic section	Lithology	Measured objects and methods	Dating results, Ma	Sample positions	Testers and the time
Xiaojie	Granite porphyry	Whole-rock (Rb-Sr)		Laomaocun	Zhang et al., 2006 [25]
Xiaojie	Monzonitic granite	Whole-rock (^87Sr/^86Sr)	279	Yun County	Chen, 1991 [26]
Lincang	Biotite granite	Biotite (^40Ar/^39Ar)		Near the Lancangjiang River	Dai et al., 1986 [27]
Lincang	Monzonitic granite	Whole-rock (Rb-Sr)	279	Lincang	Chen, 1991 [26]
Lincang	Medium-grained equigranular granodiorite	Whole-rock (Rb-Sr)	263.8	Milestone along Lincang-Mengku road 327–387 km	Zhang et al., 1990 [28]
Lincang	Unequal-sized biotite granite	Whole-rock (Rb-Sr)	193	Shangyun-Xiaotang	Zhang et al., 1990 [28]
Lincang	Monzonitic granite	Whole-rock (Rb-Sr)		Lincang	Liu et al., 1989 [18]
Menghai	Monzonitic granite	Whole-rock (^87Sr/^86Sr)	279	Menghai	Chen, 1991 [26]
Menghai	Monzonitic granite	Biotite (Rb-Sr)	256	Menghai	Wang, 1984 [29]