SHRIMP U-Pb ages of K-bentonite beds in the Xiamaling Formation: Implications for revised subdivision of the Meso- to Neoproterozoic history of the North China Craton

Gondwana Research

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 543-553

  Su, Wenbo ^a   Zhang, Shihong ^a   Huff, Warren D ^b   Li, Huaikun ^c   Ettensohn, Frank R ^d   Chen, Xiaoyu ^e   Yang, Hongmei ^a   Han, Yigui ^a   Song, Biao ^f   Santosh, M ^g  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^f INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^g KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Columbia supercontinent; Meso to Neoproterozoic; North China Craton; SHRIMP U Pb geochronology; Xiamaling Formation

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; BENTONITE; CALIBRATION; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LAURENTIA; PROTEROZOIC; SHRIMP DATING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; NORTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 48349121153     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2008.04.007     Document Type: Article

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