Timing of the Jiufotang Formation (Jehol Group) in Liaoning, northeastern China, and its implications

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2004, Pages

  He, H Y ^a   Wang, X L ^b   Zhou, Z H ^b   Wang, F ^a   Boven, A ^c   Shi, G H ^a   Zhu, R X ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOPHYSICS; HEATING; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SHALE; ZIRCON; LEAD; SILICATE MINERALS;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; FOSSILS; MICRORAPTORS;

SEISMOLOGY; FELDSPAR;

ARGON-ARGON DATING; BIRD; CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; FOSSIL; GEOCHRONOLOGY; SHALE; TUFF; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LIAONING;

HEATING ANALYSIS; JEHOL BIOTA; JIUFOTANG FORMATION; K-FELDSPAR; LIAONING; RECENT PROGRESS; SANIDINES; U-PB ZIRCON;

AVES; DINOSAURIA;

EID: 6044235485     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL019790     Document Type: Article

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