A new age constraint on the onset of the neoproterozoic glaciations in the yangtze platform, South China

Journal of Geology

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 423-429

  Zhang, Qi Rui ^a   Li, Xian Hua ^a,b   Feng, Lian Jun ^a   Huang, Jing ^a   Song, Biao ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIATION; PROTEROZOIC;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HUNAN;

EID: 49149120287     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/589312     Document Type: Article

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