SHRIMP U-Pb zircon age of tuff from the Kunyang Group in central Yunnan: Evidence for Grenvillian orogeny in South China

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1517-1525

  Zhang, Chuanheng ^a   Gao, Linzhi ^b   Wu, Zhenjie ^a   Shi, Xiaoying ^a   Yan, Quanren ^b   Li, Dajian ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Grenvillian orogeny; Kunyang Group; SHRIMP U Pb zircon age; Volcanic rock; Yunnan

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547274263     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-007-0225-x     Document Type: Article

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