Mesoproterozoic-Neoproterozoic transition: Geochemistry, provenance and tectonic setting of clastic sedimentary rocks on the SE margin of the Yangtze Block, South China

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 637-650

  Deru, Xu ^a,b   Xuexiang, Gu ^c   Pengchun, Li ^a   Guanghao, Chen ^a   Bin, Xia ^a   Bachlinski, Robert ^b   Zhuanli, He ^a   Gonggu, Fu ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Clastic sedimentary rocks; Geochemistry; Proterozoic; provenance and tectonic setting; SE margin of the Yangtze Block; South China

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CLASTIC SEDIMENT; DEPOSITION; PROTEROZOIC; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; TECTONIC SETTING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YANGTZE PLATFORM;

SINIA;

EID: 33847239468     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2006.04.006     Document Type: Article

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