Detrital zircon geochronology of Precambrian basement sequences in the Jiangnan orogen: Dating the assembly of the Yangtze and Cathaysia Blocks

Precambrian Research

Volumn 159, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 117-131

  Wang, Xiao Lei ^a,b   Zhou, Jin Cheng ^a   Griffin, W L ^b   Wang, Ru Cheng ^a   Qiu, Jian Sheng ^a   O'Reilly, S Y ^b   Xu, Xisheng ^a   Liu, Xiao Ming ^c   Zhang, Gui Lin ^d  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d GUILIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Cathaysia; Detrital zircon geochronology; LA ICP MS; Terrane assembly; Yangtze

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT ROCK; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; OROGENY; PRECAMBRIAN; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; UNCONFORMITY; ZIRCON;

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

EID: 34748854910     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2007.06.005     Document Type: Article

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