Early history of the eastern Sibao Orogen (South China) during the assembly of Rodinia: New mica 40Ar/39Ar dating and SHRIMP U-Pb detrital zircon provenance constraints

Precambrian Research

Volumn 159, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 79-94

  Li, Zheng Xiang ^a,b   Wartho, Jo Anne ^a   Occhipinti, Sandra ^a   Zhang, Chuan Lin ^c   Li, Xian Hua ^d   Wang, Jian ^e   Bao, Chaomin ^c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^d GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^e CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

Grenville aged; Metamorphism; Rodinia; Sibao Orogen; South China; Tianli Schists; Yangtze

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; BLUESCHIST; METAMORPHISM; MICA; OROGENIC BELT; PROTOLITH; PROVENANCE; RODINIA; SHRIMP DATING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JIANGXI; YANGTZE PLATFORM;

EID: 34748870755     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2007.05.003     Document Type: Article

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