Late Cretaceous-Cenozoic exhumation history of Tiantangzhai region of Dabieshan Orogen: Constraints from (U-Th)/He and fission track analysis

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1151-1156

  Zhou, Zuyi ^a   Xu, Changhai ^a   Reiners, P W ^b   Yang, Fengli ^a   Donelick, R A ^c  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Donelick Analytical Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

(U Th) He dating; Dabieshan; Exhumation; Fission track analysis; Tiantangzhai

Indexed keywords

EID: 7444229422     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/02wd0525     Document Type: Article

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