Zircon U-Pb dating for the earliest Neoproterozoic mafic magmatism in the southern margin of the North China Block

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 51, Issue 19, 2006, Pages 2375-2382

  Liu, Yongqing ^a   Gao, Linzhi ^a   Liu, Yanxue ^a   Song, Biao ^a,b   Wang, Zongxiu ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b Beijing SHRIMP Center   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

Diabase; Neoproterozoic; North China; Reconstruction of Rodinia; U Pb zircon dating

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749467399     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-006-2114-0     Document Type: Review

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