Neogene weathering and supergene manganese enrichment in subtropical South China: An 40Ar/39Ar approach and paleoclimatic significance

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 256, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 389-402

  Li, Jian Wei ^a   Vasconcelos, P ^b   Duzgoren Aydin, N ^c   Yan, Dai Rong ^d   Zhang, Wei ^e   Deng, Xiao Dong ^a   Zhao, Xin Fu ^c   Zeng, Zhong Ping ^a   Hu, Ming An ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d Geological Survey of Hubei Province   (China)

^e CHINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (China)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar; cryptomelane; East Asian monsoon; Miocene; South China; weathering

Indexed keywords

MINERALIZATION; PALEOCLIMATOLOGY; WEATHERING GEOCHRONOLOGY;

CLIMATOLOGY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDFORMS; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

MANGANESE DEPOSITS;

ARGON-ARGON DATING; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MANGANESE; MINERALIZATION; MONSOON; NEOGENE; OXIDE; PALEOCLIMATE; PLATEAU; SUPERGENE PROCESS; WEATHERING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; GUANGXI ZHUANGZU; HUNAN;

EID: 34047171321     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.01.021     Document Type: Article

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