Detritral zircon SHRIMP U-Pb dating of carboniferous sandstone from the southern foot of the Harlik Mountians, eastern Xinjiang, and its geological implications

Geology in China

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 778-789

  Sun, Gui Hua ^a,b   Li, Jin Yi ^a   Zhu, Zhi Xin ^a,c   Li, Ya Ping ^a   Yang, Zhi Qing ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b Chongqing Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources   (China)

^c Xinjiang Bureau of Geology and Mineral Exploration and Development   (China)

^d Beijing SHRIMP Center   (China)

Author keywords

Carboniferous back arc basin; Detrital zircon; Early Paleozoic magmatic arc; Harlik Mountains; SHRIMP u Pb dating; Terminal Late Carboniferous back arc uplift

Indexed keywords

BACKARC BASIN; CARBONIFEROUS; DEVONIAN; OUTCROP; PALEOZOIC; PROVENANCE; SANDSTONE; SHRIMP DATING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HARLIK MOUNTAINS; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 37749050259     PISSN: 10003657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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