Post-orogenic evolution of the Dabie-Shan, eastern China, from (U-Th)/He and fission-track thermochronology

American Journal of Science

Volumn 303, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 489-518

  Reiners, Peter W ^a   Zhou, Zuyi ^b   Ehlers, Todd A ^c   Xu, Changhai ^b   Brandon, Mark T ^a   Donelick, Raymond A ^d   Nicolescu, Stefan ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d Apatite to Zircon Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APATITE; CENOZOIC; EXHUMATION; FISSION TRACK DATING; GEOCHRONOLOGY; OROGENIC BELT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THERMOCHRONOLOGY; ZIRCON;

CHINA; DABIE SHAN;

EID: 0043289910     PISSN: 00029599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2475/ajs.303.6.489     Document Type: Article

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