The age of the Nantuo formation and Nantuo glaciation in South China

Terra Nova

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 289-294

  Zhang, Shihong ^a   Jiang, Ganqing ^b   Han, Yigui ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; FALLOUT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIAL HISTORY; GLACIATION; ION MICROPROBE; SHRIMP DATING; TUFF; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NANTOU; TAIWAN;

EID: 48249104740     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2008.00819.x     Document Type: Article

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