Hydrothermal venting and basin evolution (Devonian, South China): Constraints from rare earth element geochemistry of chert

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 183, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 203-216

  Chen, Daizhao ^a   Qing, Hairuo ^b   Yan, Xin ^a   Li, He ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Basin evolution; Chert; Hydrothermal activity; Late Devonian; Open marine basin; REE patterns; South China

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; CHERT; DEVONIAN; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; RARE EARTH ELEMENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGXI ZHUANGZU; YANGSHUO BASIN;

EID: 30444455606     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2005.09.020     Document Type: Article

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