SHRIMP U-Pb geochronology of the detrital zircons from the Longshoushan Group and its tectonic significance

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1414-1425

  Tung, Kuoan ^a,b   Yang, Houngyi ^a   Liu, Dunyi ^c   Zhang, Jianxin ^c   Tseng, Chienyuan ^a   Wan, Yusheng ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Museum of Natural Science   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Detrital zircons; Longshoushan Group; Metasedimentary rocks; SHRIMP; U Pb geochronology

Indexed keywords

EID: 34347205245     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-007-0189-x     Document Type: Article

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