Provenance of Carboniferous sedimentary rocks in the northern margin of Dabie Mountains, central China and the tectonic significance: Constraints from trace elements, mineral chemistry and SHRIMP dating of zircons

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 166, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 245-264

  Li, Renwei ^a   Li, Shuangying ^b   Jin, Fuquan ^b   Wan, Yusheng ^c   Zhang, Shukun ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Hefei Industrial University   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^d Chinese Academy of Meteorological Science   (China)

Author keywords

Carboniferous; Central China; Dabie Mountains; Detrital minerals; Provenance; Trace elements; Zircon geochronology

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PETROLOGY; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; TECTONIC SETTING; TRACE ELEMENT; ZIRCON;

ASIA; CHINA; DABIE MOUNTAINS; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 2142712530     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2003.12.009     Document Type: Article

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