Secular variation in the Nd isotopic composition of Neoproterozoic sediments from the southern margin of the Yangtze Block: Evidence for a Proterozoic continental collision in southeast China

Precambrian Research

Volumn 76, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 67-76

  Li, Xian Hua ^a,b   McCulloch, Malcolm T ^b  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; JINGNING OROGENY; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PROTEROZOIC; SECULAR VARIATION; SEDIMENTARY ROCK;

CHINA, YANGTZE BLOCK;

EID: 0029775942     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0301-9268(95)00024-0     Document Type: Article

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