Zircon SHRIMP U-Pb dating for the Cangshuipu volcanic rocks and its implications for the lower boundary age of the Nanhua strata in South China

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 48, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 1663-1669

  Wang, Jian ^a   Li, Xianhua ^b   Duan, Taizhong ^c,d   Liu, Dunyi ^e   Song, Biao ^e   Li, Zhongxiong ^a   Gao, Yonghua ^f  

^a CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^b GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^c Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

^d MARATHON OIL COMPANY   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Nanhua System; Neoproterozoic volcanics; Rift basin; Zicon U Pb dating

Indexed keywords

EID: 5144227076     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/03wd0168     Document Type: Article

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