Detrital zircon geochronology and its provenance implications: Responses to Jurassic through Neogene basin-range interactions along northern margin of the Tarim Basin, Northwest China

Basin Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 126-138

  Li, Zhong ^a   Peng, Shoutao ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Petroleum Exploration and Production Research Institute   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASTIC SEDIMENT; DENUDATION; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; JURASSIC; NEOGENE; OROGENY; PROVENANCE; SOURCE ROCK; TECTONIC SETTING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

CHINA; TARIM BASIN; TIEN SHAN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 74949131588     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: 13652117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2117.2009.00440.x     Document Type: Article

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