Meso-Cenozoic uplifting and exhumation on Yunkaidashan: Evidence from fission track thermochronology

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 903-909

  Li, Xiaoming ^a,b   Wang, Yuejun ^a   Tan, Kaixuan ^c   Peng, Touping ^a,b  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Cooling and denudation; Fission track thermochronology; Yunkaidashan; Zircon and apatite

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749680965     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/04wd0040     Document Type: Article

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