Thermal event records in SE China coastal areas: Constraints from Monazite Ages of Beach Sands from two sides of the Taiwan Strait

Chemical Geology

Volumn 231, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 118-134

  Chen, Cheng Hong ^a   Lu, Hsueh Yu ^b   Lin, Wayne ^c   Lee, Chi Yu ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cathaysia Block; CHIME monazite age; SE China; W Taiwan

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; MONAZITE; PHANEROZOIC; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN STRAIT;

EID: 33745221893     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2006.01.023     Document Type: Article

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