U-Pb zircon geochronology and geochemistry of Neoproterozoic volcanic rocks in the Tarim Block of northwest China: Implications for the breakup of Rodinia supercontinent and Neoproterozoic glaciations

Precambrian Research

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 107-123

  Xu, Bei ^a   Jian, Ping ^b   Zheng, Haifei ^a   Zou, Haibo ^c   Zhang, Lifei ^a   Liu, Dunyi ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bimodal volcanism; Glaciation; Neoproterozoic; Rodinia; SHRIMP data; Tarim Block

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLE; LEAD; NIOBIUM; PHOSPHORUS; SILICON DIOXIDE; TANTALUM; TITANIUM; URANIUM; ZIRCONIUM;

CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIATION; PALEOCLIMATE; PROTEROZOIC; RODINIA; SUPERCONTINENT; VOLCANIC ROCK;

ARTICLE; BASALT; CHINA; CHRONOLOGY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEGRADATION KINETICS; DERIVATIZATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GLACIAL MASS BALANCE; MELTING POINT; REACTION ANALYSIS; ROCK; VOLCANO;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TARIM BASIN; WORLD; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 11444249411     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2004.09.007     Document Type: Article

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