Provenance and tectonic setting of the Neoproterozoic Yanbian Group, western Yangtze Block (SW China)

Precambrian Research

Volumn 167, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 213-236

  Sun, Wei Hua ^a   Zhou, Mei Fu ^a   Yan, Dan Ping ^b   Li, Jian Wei ^c   Ma, Yu Xiao ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^d SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Detrital zircon dating; Provenance; Sandstone geochemistry; Turbidite; Yanbian Group; Yangtze Block

Indexed keywords

FLYSCH; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PLUTON; PROTEROZOIC; PROVENANCE; RECONSTRUCTION; RODINIA; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; TURBIDITE; VOLCANIC ROCK; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT; ZIRCON;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JILIN; YANBIAN; YANGTZE PLATFORM;

EID: 54249127724     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2008.08.001     Document Type: Article

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