Nd isotopes of siliciclastic rocks from Tibet, western China: Constraints on provenance and pre-Cenozoic tectonic evolution

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 256, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 604-616

  Zhang, Kai Jun ^a,b   Zhang, Yu Xiu ^a,c   Li, Bing ^a,c   Zhong, Li Feng ^a,d  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d CHANG'AN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

provenance; sediments; Sm Nd isotopes; tectonics; Tibet

Indexed keywords

BASALTIC MAGMATISM; BERRIASIAN-VALANGINIAN ROCKS; PROTEROZOIC BASEMENT; SILICICLASTIC ROCKS;

ISOTOPES; NEODYMIUM; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTS; TECTONICS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

ROCKS;

CLASTIC ROCK; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PROVENANCE; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; XIZANG;

EID: 34047249433     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.02.014     Document Type: Article

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