Hydrothermal venting activities in the Early Cambrian, South China: Petrological, geochronological and stable isotopic constraints

Chemical Geology

Volumn 258, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 168-181

  Chen, Daizhao ^a   Wang, Jianguo ^a   Qing, Hairuo ^b   Yan, Detian ^a   Li, Renwei ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

C S isotopic systematics; Early Cambrian; Hydrothermal venting; Silica chimney; South China; U Pb geochronology

Indexed keywords

BLACK SHALE; CAMBRIAN; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; EDIACARAN; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; PETROLOGY; SHRIMP DATING; STABLE ISOTOPE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; VENTING;

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

EID: 58149214115     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2008.10.016     Document Type: Article

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