Apatite fission track age of Mesozoic sandstones from Beipiao basin, eastern China: Implications for basin provenance and tectonic evolution

Geochemical Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 377-389

  Yan, Yi ^a   Lin, Ge ^a   Wang, Yue Jun ^a   Guo, Feng ^a   Li, Zi An ^a   Li, Xiao Ming ^a   Zhao, Chongbin ^b  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; FISSION TRACK DATING; MESOZOIC; OROGENIC BELT; PROVENANCE; SANDSTONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

BEIPIAO BASIN; CHINA;

EID: 0038661627     PISSN: 00167002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2343/geochemj.37.377     Document Type: Article

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