Detrital zircon ages and Hf-Nd isotopic composition of neoproterozoic sedimentary rocks in the Yangtze block: Constraints on the deposition age and provenance

Journal of Geology

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 79-94

  Wang, Wei ^b,c   Wang, Fang ^d   Chen, Fukun ^c   Zhu, Xiyan ^d   Xiao, Ping ^a   Siebel, Wolfgang ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT ROCK; CRATON; DEPOSITION; HAFNIUM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; OROGENY; PROTEROZOIC; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

CATHAYSIA BLOCK; CHINA; YANGTZE PLATFORM;

EID: 72749120251     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/648533     Document Type: Article

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