Geochemical and Nd isotope composition of detrital sediments on the north margin of the South China Sea: Provenance and tectonic implications

Sedimentology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-17

  Yan, Yi ^a   Xia, Bin ^a   Lin, Ge ^a   Carter, Andy ^b   Hu, Xiaoqiong ^a   Cui, Xuejun ^a   Liu, Baoming ^a   Yan, Pin ^a   Song, Zhengjiang ^c  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c DAQING OILFIELD CO LTD   (China)

Author keywords

Basins; Geochemistry; Nd isotope; Provenance; South China sea

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; CRETACEOUS; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; EOCENE; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PALEOZOIC; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; TRACE ELEMENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; HIMALAYAS; NANXIONG BASIN; PACIFIC OCEAN; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 33846310072     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2006.00816.x     Document Type: Article

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