Geochemical and Nd isotopic variations in sediments of the South China Sea: A response to Cenozoic tectonism in SE Asia

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 211, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 207-220

  Li, Xian hua ^a   Wei, Gangjian ^a   Shao, Lei ^b   Liu, Ying ^a   Liang, Xirong ^a   Jian, Zhimin ^b   Sun, Min ^c   Wang, Pinxian ^b  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Nd isotope; Ocean Drilling Program; Sediments; South China Sea; Tectonism; Weathering

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; GEOCHEMISTRY; MARINE SEDIMENT; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; WEATHERING;

SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 0038682660     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00229-2     Document Type: Article

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