U-Pb zircon ages of granites from the southern margin of the Yangtze Block: Timing of Neoproterozoic Jinning: Orogeny in SE China and implications for Rodinia assembly

Precambrian Research

Volumn 97, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 43-57

  Li, X H ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Granites; Neoproterozoic; Southeastern China; The Jinning Orogeny; U Pb zircon ages; Yangtze Block

Indexed keywords

GRANITE; OROGENY; PROTEROZOIC; RODINIA; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

CHINA;

EID: 0032735488     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(99)00020-0     Document Type: Article

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