Detrital record of Neoproterozoic arc-magmatism along the NW margin of the Yangtze Block, China: U-Pb geochronology and petrography of sandstones

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 322-334

  Yan, Zhen ^a   Wang, Zongqi ^b   Chen, Junlu ^c   Yan, Quanren ^a   Wang, Tao ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^c XI AN INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

Continental arc; Detrital mode; Neoproterozoic; Provenance; Yangtze Block

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLAST; CONGLOMERATE; CONTINENTAL ARC; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEBRIS FLOW; DEFORMATION; DEPOSITION; FOREARC BASIN; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; MAGMATISM; PASSIVE MARGIN; PETROGRAPHY; PROTEROZOIC; PROVENANCE; SANDSTONE; TURBIDITY CURRENT; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

CHINA; YANGTZE PLATFORM;

SINIA;

EID: 73749085158     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2009.09.001     Document Type: Article

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