New SHRIMP U-Pb age from the Wuqiangxi Formation of Banxi Group: Implications for rifting and stratigraphic erosion associated with the early Cryogenian (Sturtian) glaciation in South China

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1537-1544

  Zhang, Shi Hong ^a   Jiang, Gan Qing ^b   Dong, Jin ^a   Han, Yi Gui ^a   Wu, Huai Chun ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Banxi group; Neoproterozoic; SHRIMP U Pb age; South China; Sturtian glaciation

Indexed keywords

EROSION; LEAD; LEAD ALLOYS; LEAD DEPOSITS; SOIL MECHANICS; STRATIGRAPHY;

BANXI GROUP; NEOPROTEROZOIC; SHRIMP U-PB AGE; SOUTH CHINA; STURTIAN GLACIATION;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

DIAMICTITE; EROSION; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIATION; PROTEROZOIC; RIFTING; SHRIMP DATING; STRATIGRAPHY; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HUNAN;

EID: 55649087518     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-008-0119-z     Document Type: Article

References (33)

1. Evans D A D. Stratigraphic, geochronological, and paleomagnetic constraints upon the Neoproterozoic climatic paradox. Am J Sci, 2000, 300: 347-433
2. Eyles N, Januszczak N. 'Zipper-rift': A tectonic model for Neoproterozoic glaciations during the breakup of Rodinia after 750 Ma. Earth Sci Rev, 2004, 65: 1-73
3. Hoffman P F. On Cryogenian (Neoproterozoic) ice-sheet dynamics and the limitations of the glacial sedimentary record. South African J Geol, 2005, 108: 557-577
4. Hoffman P F, Halverson G P, Domack E W, et al. Are basal Ediacaran (635 Ma) post-glacial "cap dolostones" diachronous? Earth Planet Sci Lett, 2007, 258: 114-131
5. Ye M F, Li X H, Li W X, et al. SHRIMP zircon U-Pb geochronological and whole-rock geochemical evidence for an early Neoproterozoic Sibaoan magmatic arc along the southeastern margin of the Yangtze Block. Gondwana Res, 2007, 12: 144-156
6. Li W X, Li X H, Li Z X, et al. Obduction-type granites within the NE Jiangxi Ophiolite: Implications for the final amalgamation between the Yangtze and Cathaysia Blocks. Gondwana Res, 2008, 13: 288-301
7. Li Z X, Li X H, Kinny P D, et al. The breakup of Rodinia: Did it start with a mantle plume beneath South China? Earth Planet Sci Lett, 1999, 173: 171-181
8. Li Z X, Li X H, Kinny P D, et al. Geochronology of Neoproterozoic syn-rift magmatism in the Yangtze Craton, South China and correlations with other continents: Evidence for a mantle superplume that broke up Rodinia. Precambrain Res, 2003, 122: 85-109
9. Li Z X, Bogdanova S V, Collins A S, et al. Assembly, configuration, and break-up history of Rodinia: A synthesis. Precambrain Res, 2008, 160: 179-210
10. Wang J, Li Z X. History of Neoproterozoic rift basins in South China: implications for Rodinia break-up. Precambrain Res, 2003, 122: 141-158
11. Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources of Hunan Province. Regional Geology of Hunan Province (in Chinese). People's Republic of China Ministry of Geology and Mineral Resources Geological Memoirs, Series 1, No. 8. Beijing: Geological Publishing House, 1988. 698
12. Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources of Hunan Province. Multiple Classification and Correlation of the Stratigraphy of China (43): Stratigraphy (lithostratic) of Hunan Province (in Chinese). Wuhan: China Univ Geosci Press, 1997. 292
13. Liu H Y, et al. The Sinian System of China (in Chinese). Beijing: Science Press, 1991. 388
14. Wang X L, Zhou J C, Griffin W L, et al. Detrital zircon geochronology of Precambrian basement sequences in the Jiangnan orogen: Dating the assembly of the Yangtze and Cathaysia Blocks. Precambrain Res, 2007, 159: 117-131
15. Wang J, Li X H, Duan T Z, et al. 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. Chin Sci Bull, 2003, 48: 1663-1669
16. Zhang Q R, Li X H, Feng L J, et al. A new age constraint on the onset of the Neoproterozoic glaciations in the Yangtze Platform, South China. J Geol, 2008, 116: 423-429
17. Jiang G Q, Sohl L E, Christie-Blick N. Neoproterozoic stratigraphic comparison of the Lesser Himalaya (India) and Yangtze block (South China): Paleogeographic implications. Geology, 2003, 31: 917-920
18. Zhou C, Tucker R, Xiao S, et al. New constraints on the ages of Neoproterozoic glaciations in south China. Geology, 2004, 32: 437-440
19. Zhang S H, Jiang G Q, Han Y G. The age of the Nantuo Formation and Nantuo Glaciation in south China. Terra Nova, 2008, 20(4): 289-294, doi: 0.1111/j.1365-3121.2008.00819.x
20. Chu X L, Wolfgang T, Zhang Q R, et al. U-Pb zircon age for the Nanhua-Sinian boundary. Chin Sci Bull, 2005, 50(7): 716-718
21. Condon D, Zhu M, Bowring S, et al. U-Pb ages from the Neoproterozoic Doushantuo Formation, China. Science, 2005, 308: 95-98
22. Yin C Y, Tang F, Liu Y Q, et al. U-Pb zircon age from the base of the Ediacaran Doushantuo Formation in the Yangtze Gorges, South China: Constraint on the age of Marinoan glaciation. Episodes, 2005, 28: 48-49
23. Zhang S, Jiang G, Zhang J, et al. U-Pb sensitive high-resolution ion microprobe ages from the Doushantuo Formation in south China: Constraints on late Neoproterozoic glaciations. Geology, 2005, 33: 473-476
24. Black L P, Kamo S L, Allen C M, et al. TEMORA 1: A new zircon standard for Phanerozoic U-Pb geochronology. Chem Geol, 2003, 200: 155-170
25. Williams I S. U-Th-Pb geochronology by ion microprobe. In: McKibben M A, Shanks W C, Ridley W I, eds. Applications of Microanalytical Techniques to Understanding Mineralizing Processes. Reviews in Economic Geology, Vol 7. Colorado: Society of Economic Geologists, 1998. 1-35
26. Steiger R H, Jäger E. Subcommission on geochronology: Convention on the use of decay constants in geo-and cosmochronology. Earth Planet Sci Lett, 1977, 36: 359-362
27. Ludwig K R. A User's Manual for SQUID. Version 1.02, 2001
28. Ludwig K R. User's manual for Isoplot/Ex Version 3.00, 2003
29. Stacey J S, Kramers J D. Approximation of terrestrial lead isotope evolution by a two-stage model. Earth Planet Sci Lett, 1975, 26: 207-221
30. Zhou J B, Li X H, Ge W C, et al. Age and origin of middle Neoproterozoic mafic magmatism in southern Yangtze Block and relevance to the break-up of Rodinia. Gondwana Res, 2007, 12: 184-197
31. Ma G G, Li H Q, Zhang Z C. An investigation of the age limits of the Sinian System in South China (in Chinese). Bull Yichang Inst Geol Miner Res, Chinese Academy of Geol Sci, 1984, 8: 1-29
32. Yin C Y, Liu D Y, Gao L Z, et al. Lower boundary age of the Nanhua System and the Gucheng glacial stage: Evidence from SHRIMP dating. Chin Sci Bull, 2003, 48(16): 1657-1662
33. Ma G, Zhang Z, Li H, Chen P, et al. A geochronostratigraphical study of the Sinian System in Yangtze Platform (in Chinese). Bull Yichang Inst Geol Miner Res, Chinese Academy of Geol Sci, 1989, 14: 83-124