U-Pb sensitive high-resolution ion microprobe ages from the Doushantuo Formation in south China: Constraints on late Neoproterozoic glaciations

Geology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 473-476

  Zhang, Shihong ^a,b   Jiang, Ganqing ^c   Zhang, Junming ^d   Song, Biao ^b   Kennedy, Martin J ^e   Christie Blick, Nicholas ^f  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^d NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cap carbonates; Neoproterozoic glaciation; SHRIMP geochronology; South China; U Pb

Indexed keywords

GLACIATION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHIC MODELS; VOLCANIC ASH; ZIRCON AGE;

CARBONATES; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; IONS; LEAD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; STRATIGRAPHY; URANIUM; VOLCANOES;

VOLCANIC ROCKS;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIATION; PALEOCLIMATE; PROTEROZOIC;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD;

EID: 20444467639     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G21418.1     Document Type: Article

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