Timing of the Wudangshan, Yaolinghe volcanic sequences and mafic sills in South Qinling: U-Pb zircon geochronology and tectonic implication

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 53, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 2192-2199

  Ling, Wenli ^a   Ren, Bangfang ^a   Duan, Ruichun ^a   Liu, Xiaoming ^a,b   Mao, Xinwu ^c   Peng, Lianhong ^c   Liu, Zaoxue ^c   Cheng, Jianping ^a   Yang, Hongmei ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Geological Environmental Center of Hubei Province   (China)

Author keywords

Mafic sills; Northern margin of Yangtze craton; U Pb zircon dating; Wudangshan Group; Yaolinghe Group

Indexed keywords

EID: 48249112242     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-008-0269-6     Document Type: Article

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