SHRIMP U-Pb zircon geochronology of Neoproterozoic Korla mafic dykes in the northern Tarim Block, NW China: Implications for the long-lasting breakup process of Rodinia

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 165, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 887-890

  Zhu, Wenbin ^a   Zhang, Zhiyong ^a   Shu, Liangshu ^a   Lu, Huafu ^a   Su, Jinbao ^a   Yang, Wei ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; DIKE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MAFIC ROCK; PROTEROZOIC; RODINIA; SHRIMP DATING;

EID: 51949087292     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492007-174     Document Type: Article

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