Detrital zircon provenance of the Late Triassic Songpan-Ganzi complex: Sedimentary record of collision of the North and South China blocks

Geology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 97-100

  Weislogel, Amy L ^a   Graham, Stephan A ^a   Chang, Edmund Z ^a   Wooden, Joeseph L ^b   Gehrels, George E ^c   Yang, Hengshu ^d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

^d Sichuan Bureau of Geology and Ore Examination   (China)

Author keywords

China; Collisional orogen; Detrital zircon; Turbidite; Unroofing

Indexed keywords

COLLISIONAL OROGEN; DETRITAL ZIRCON; PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA; TURBIDITE; UNROOFING;

EROSION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS; ZIRCON;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; PROVENANCE; TRIASSIC;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NORTH CHINA BLOCK; SOUTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 32244439079     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G21929.1     Document Type: Article

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