Zircon U-Pb age and O isotope evidence for Neoproterozoic low- 18O magnetism during supercontinental rifting in South China: Implications for the snowball earth event

American Journal of Science

Volumn 308, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 484-516

  Zheng, Y F ^a   Gong, B ^a   Zhao, Z F ^a   Wu, Y B ^a,b   Chen, F K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; ECLOGITE; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; MAGMATISM; MELTING; METAIGNEOUS ROCK; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PROTEROZOIC; RIFTING; RODINIA; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

ASIA; CHINA; DABIE-SULU BELT; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SOUTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 50249103856     PISSN: 00029599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2475/04.2008.04     Document Type: Article

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